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Covered Bridge

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Artist: Aldro T. Hibbard (1886 – 1972, American)

Date: 1938

Medium: woodcut on paper

Catalogue Number: HbA.04.02

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Artist: Aldro T. Hibbard (1886 – 1972, American)

Title: Covered Bridge

Date: 1938

Medium: woodcut on paper

Dimensions: 12.3 x 17.4 cm

Subject: landscape, hills; animal, oxen; figure, male; winter; Christmas

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: HbA.04.02

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Tinder Den

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1937

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.16

Description: General colour: blue, brown. Central image is a man standing in a cart drawn by two horses. Behind this are two elevators. To the left is a fence and in the background another elevator. To the right is a tower and a train steaming by to the right. The sky is blue with a few clouds.

Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Tinder Den

Date: 1937

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 27.0 x 38.0 cm

Description: General colour: blue, brown. Central image is a man standing in a cart drawn by two horses. Behind this are two elevators. To the left is a fence and in the background another elevator. To the right is a tower and a train steaming by to the right. The sky is blue with a few clouds.

Subject: landscape; rural; animal, horse; figure, male

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.16

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Old Saints, Church Street

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1925

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.26

Description: blc is a woman in a long red dress and white apron and green shawl. She is carrying something and going to meet a young girl on a sidewalk. Crossing the street lower mid-centre is a man in brown and young girl in pink. There are buildings to the left and right of street, trees at the end. Most of t…

Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Old Saints, Church Street

Date: 1925

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 26.5 x 35.6 cm

Description: blc is a woman in a long red dress and white apron and green shawl. She is carrying something and going to meet a young girl on a sidewalk. Crossing the street lower mid-centre is a man in brown and young girl in pink. There are buildings to the left and right of street, trees at the end. Most of the buildings appear to be homes but you can see a square castle or church spire poking out mid-centre. Cloudy sky. Street is in shadow from the right.

Subject: urban; building; church; figure; people

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.26

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Feather Dance

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Artist: Beatien Yazz

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: YaB.07.01

Description: A gouache painting of two people (Navajo?), a man and a woman dancing in middle of picture. They are dressed in regalia, including a belt that has eagle feathers on the back. They are both blue-skinned. In each hand they're carrying triangular shaped wire forms, festooned with streamers. Two large …

Artist: Beatien Yazz

Title: Feather Dance

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 50.5 x 76.4 cm

Description: A gouache painting of two people (Navajo?), a man and a woman dancing in middle of picture. They are dressed in regalia, including a belt that has eagle feathers on the back. They are both blue-skinned. In each hand they're carrying triangular shaped wire forms, festooned with streamers. Two large piles of logs, one at each side, have orange flames shooting upwards, thin smoke lines go to top of picture.

Subject: figure; group; activity; dance; religious; Indigenous

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: YaB.07.01

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Design for pin

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil; graphite; charcoal on canvas; board

Catalogue Number: RuC.01.06 a,b

Description: (a) a painting in colours blue, brown. In a circular format, a skier strides to the left side, left leg stretched out behind. There are snow-covered mountains in the background and blue sky.(b) a drawing in charcoal and pencil of the above painting: a skier strides to the left side, left leg stretc…

Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Title: Design for pin

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil; graphite; charcoal on canvas; board

Dimensions: 30.5 x 30.5 cm

Description: (a) a painting in colours blue, brown. In a circular format, a skier strides to the left side, left leg stretched out behind. There are snow-covered mountains in the background and blue sky.(b) a drawing in charcoal and pencil of the above painting: a skier strides to the left side, left leg stretched out behind. There are mountains in the background.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; activity, skiing; winter; figure, male

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: RuC.01.06 a,b

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Rankin

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1970

Medium: oil on paper

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.066

Description: Three men sitting on chairs.

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Rankin

Date: 1970

Medium: oil on paper

Dimensions: 22.8 x 30.3 cm

Description: Three men sitting on chairs.

Subject: figure, group

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.066

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Candall

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.131

Description: Candall sits crosslegged against a wall. He stares glassy-eyed off into the distance. A beautiful blue and red scarf is wrapped around hisr head. He is wearing a blue shirt and long reddish blue shirt. The grey floor visually weights him down on the floor.

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Candall

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: Candall sits crosslegged against a wall. He stares glassy-eyed off into the distance. A beautiful blue and red scarf is wrapped around hisr head. He is wearing a blue shirt and long reddish blue shirt. The grey floor visually weights him down on the floor.