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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1937
Catalogue Number
WyP.06.01
Description
A realistic rendering of a male downhill skier in action, right leg and ski slightly in front of left, knees bent, elbows up holding metal ski poles. The ski poles have metal baskets soldered on to main shaft. The base is a triangular shaped piece 8.7 cm at the back tapering to the front which is 2…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Downhill Skier
Date
1937
Dimensions
29.0 x 9.5 x 28.0 cm
Description
A realistic rendering of a male downhill skier in action, right leg and ski slightly in front of left, knees bent, elbows up holding metal ski poles. The ski poles have metal baskets soldered on to main shaft. The base is a triangular shaped piece 8.7 cm at the back tapering to the front which is 2.5 cm high. The whole sculpture, excluding the poles, is painted silver.
Subject
figure
skier
activity
skiing
Credit
Gift of Bob Leighton, 1971
Catalogue Number
WyP.06.01
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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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Filling in the Bathtubs

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1937 – 1940
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.029
Description
Colour: orange, green and blue on yellow and blue. Yellow slope covered with figures all carrying shovels. There are two paths coming down from the upper ridge at left. Both skiers at the end of the path are buried in snow. Two figures at the lower end of the right path are measuring the width of t…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Filling in the Bathtubs
Date
1937 – 1940
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
100.1 x 74.6 cm
Description
Colour: orange, green and blue on yellow and blue. Yellow slope covered with figures all carrying shovels. There are two paths coming down from the upper ridge at left. Both skiers at the end of the path are buried in snow. Two figures at the lower end of the right path are measuring the width of the path. The sky is clear blue above where seven skiers stand waiting their turn.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
winter
figure
group
activity
skiing
Peter Whyte
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.029
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Artist
Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)
Date
1936
Medium
gouache on card
Catalogue Number
GyH.07.02
Description
Four cowboys are gathered around a teepee, the top of which is not visible, as it runs of the paper. A man at the far right sits on a boulder and plays the guitar. The next man’s back faces the viewer. The third man sits on a second boulder and appears to be playing the harmonica. The fourth ma…
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Artist
Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)
Title
Four Cowboys
Date
1936
Medium
gouache on card
Dimensions
26 x 35.8 cm
Description
Four cowboys are gathered around a teepee, the top of which is not visible, as it runs of the paper. A man at the far right sits on a boulder and plays the guitar. The next man’s back faces the viewer. The third man sits on a second boulder and appears to be playing the harmonica. The fourth man stands with his leg on the same boulder, his hand resting on his leg. A tree trunk is visible behind the man on the far right. Mountains and a stormy-looking sky are seen beyond the camp setting. All of the men are wearing cowboy hats.
Subject
figure
male
cowboy
landscape
Canadian Rockies
architecture
teepee
activity
music
guitar
harmonica
Credit
Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997
Catalogue Number
GyH.07.02
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Artist
John Harold Thomas Snow (1911 – 2004, Canadian)
Date
1984
Medium
coloured lithograph on paper
Catalogue Number
SnJ.04.40
Description
Six football players dominate the picture, two with red sweaters and 4 with blue sweaters. A red sweatered player centre left has the ball and is running to the left, two blue sweatered players are falling. A vertical board fence of yellow and white is above centre, people line the boards. A gree…
Artist
John Harold Thomas Snow (1911 – 2004, Canadian)
Title
Game
Date
1984
Medium
coloured lithograph on paper
Dimensions
53.5 x 71.0 cm
Description
Six football players dominate the picture, two with red sweaters and 4 with blue sweaters. A red sweatered player centre left has the ball and is running to the left, two blue sweatered players are falling. A vertical board fence of yellow and white is above centre, people line the boards. A green field and blue sky with some dark clouds fill the top quarter of the picture.
Subject
activity
game
figure
group
Credit
Gift of John Harold Thomas Snow, Calgary, 1995
Catalogue Number
SnJ.04.40
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Artist
Harry Francis O'Hanlon (1916 – 1996, Canadian)
Date
1985
Catalogue Number
OhH.06.02
Description
A male racer in full downhill speed; realistically rendered in garv and style. The figurine is ca. 22.0 high on a slanted oval base. The base is raised from the bottom base with a curved arm ca. 1.5 square x ca. 10.0 high; the oval bronze base is ca. 1.5 high which sits on a wooden oval base 2.5 th…
Artist
Harry Francis O'Hanlon (1916 – 1996, Canadian)
Title
Going for Gold
Date
1985
Dimensions
32.0 x 33.7 cm
Description
A male racer in full downhill speed; realistically rendered in garv and style. The figurine is ca. 22.0 high on a slanted oval base. The base is raised from the bottom base with a curved arm ca. 1.5 square x ca. 10.0 high; the oval bronze base is ca. 1.5 high which sits on a wooden oval base 2.5 thick and ca. 21.0 diameter.
Subject
activity
winter
skiing
figure
male
Credit
Gift of Harry Francis O'Hanlon, Calgary, 1990
Catalogue Number
OhH.06.02
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Artist
Barbara Leighton (1911 – 1986, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
woodcut on paper
Catalogue Number
LeB.04.17
Description
There is a very large ship with yellow sails and orange stripes in the cc. From the cl a piece of land with green grass jets out into the water. Across the front is a dark blue body of water with a small sail boat and two people in the br. The blue sky is filled with grey clouds.
Artist
Barbara Leighton (1911 – 1986, Canadian)
Title
Homeward Bound
Date
n.d.
Medium
woodcut on paper
Description
There is a very large ship with yellow sails and orange stripes in the cc. From the cl a piece of land with green grass jets out into the water. Across the front is a dark blue body of water with a small sail boat and two people in the br. The blue sky is filled with grey clouds.
Subject
Seascape
transportation
ship
boats
activity
sailing
figure
two people
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1995
Catalogue Number
LeB.04.17
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Hunter with Two Ivory Bears

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Artist
Unknown
Date
prior to 1962
Medium
stone; ivory; bone; sinew
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.42 a-e
Description
Mottled green stone for the base is shaped with a ledge. (a) Lower base has 2 holes drilled for the man. (b) The man is dressed in full parka , his face is carved out of ivory and set into parka, carved features with red orange markings. Both hands have a hole drilled through, no fingers. The t…
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Hunter with Two Ivory Bears
Date
prior to 1962
Medium
stone; ivory; bone; sinew
Dimensions
11.5 x 6.2 x 16.5 cm
Description
Mottled green stone for the base is shaped with a ledge. (a) Lower base has 2 holes drilled for the man. (b) The man is dressed in full parka , his face is carved out of ivory and set into parka, carved features with red orange markings. Both hands have a hole drilled through, no fingers. The two bears are carved out of ivory. Both have carved features with black and claws in black. (d) One is sitting and looking over his left shoulder, (c) the other is standing on his back legs, he has a hole drilled in right chest. The bow (e) is slightly curved with notched both ends to which is tied a long piece of very thin sinew. It appears that a spear is missing.
Subject
figure
male
animal
polar bear
activity
hunting
group
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.42 a-e
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Artist
Suitak
Date
prior to 1962
Catalogue Number
SuI.06.01
Description
The flat bone base is used to depict water in this piece.The base is medium brown in color and rectangular in shape. On the base is an ivory kayak sitting on an angle with the back tip at the back righthand corner. There is a spear tied down to the top of the kayak and in the kayak sits a male figu…
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Artist
Suitak
Title
Ivory kayak scene
Date
prior to 1962
Dimensions
3.4 x 3.6 x 13.6 cm
Description
The flat bone base is used to depict water in this piece.The base is medium brown in color and rectangular in shape. On the base is an ivory kayak sitting on an angle with the back tip at the back righthand corner. There is a spear tied down to the top of the kayak and in the kayak sits a male figure with a paddle in both hands ready for action. There is a ivory caribou swimming to the front and left of the kayak.
Subject
activity
hunting
figure
male
transportation
kayak
animal
caribou
swimming
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
SuI.06.01
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Kabuki Theatre Poster, Three Ninja

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Artist
Toyohara Kunichika
Date
1878
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
KoT.04.01 a-c
Description
(a)actor with sword in his mouth, holding a banner (b) 37.6 x 25.4/35.9 x 24.4 actor holding a scroll, the head of a green dragon in front of him (c) 37.5 x25.5/36.0 x 24.5 actor with clasped hands
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Artist
Toyohara Kunichika
Title
Kabuki Theatre Poster, Three Ninja
Date
1878
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
37.5 x 25.4 cm
Description
(a)actor with sword in his mouth, holding a banner (b) 37.6 x 25.4/35.9 x 24.4 actor holding a scroll, the head of a green dragon in front of him (c) 37.5 x25.5/36.0 x 24.5 actor with clasped hands
Subject
figure
activity
male
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
KoT.04.01 a-c
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