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Pictures of Peonies Viewing

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Artist
Miagawa Chikashige
Date
1979
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
MiW.04.01 a-c
Description
This piece is comprised of three panels. Together the panels represent an outdoor gathering in a tent like structure celebrating flowers. There are 13 women in total in this piece. The first panel contains a group of 3 women in the foreground and a group o three in a background. In the tlc a ta…
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Artist
Miagawa Chikashige
Title
Pictures of Peonies Viewing
Date
1979
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
36.0 x 70.5 x 70.5 cm
Description
This piece is comprised of three panels. Together the panels represent an outdoor gathering in a tent like structure celebrating flowers. There are 13 women in total in this piece. The first panel contains a group of 3 women in the foreground and a group o three in a background. In the tlc a table is set. The second panel depicts a group of three women: one holding a small planter. There is a very large flower pot on the right side. The third panel also has three women. two are sitting and one standing with many flower pots sitting on a stand in the right side.
Subject
Activity
Summer
Peonies viewing
figure
group
females
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
MiW.04.01 a-c
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Artist
John Will (1939 – , Canadian)
Date
1978
Medium
lithograph on paper
Catalogue Number
WsJ.04.01
Description
A rectangular shape dominates the top three-quarters of the picture, this shape has a solid face of printing. Behind the slab in the background is seen a blue sky, snowcapped mountains and a green forest. A scaffold with ladders is in front of the slab. The slab stands on a base which resembles til…
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Artist
John Will (1939 – , Canadian)
Title
Exshaw
Date
1978
Medium
lithograph on paper
Dimensions
65.0 x 42.0 cm
Description
A rectangular shape dominates the top three-quarters of the picture, this shape has a solid face of printing. Behind the slab in the background is seen a blue sky, snowcapped mountains and a green forest. A scaffold with ladders is in front of the slab. The slab stands on a base which resembles tile and is purple; a chain barrier on posts goes around the slab. Below this line are cartoons with descriptions of the machinery and materials; a point of interest framed sign is in the center bottom. The very bottom of the print has Exshaw Alberta in yellow on a grey background from edge to edge. Under print: Exshaw 4/15 Great Archeological Sites #9 John S. Will 78.
Subject
landscape, lake
mountain
Canadian Rockies
figure, group
Credit
Gift of John Will, Calgary, 1984
Catalogue Number
WsJ.04.01
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Artist
James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)
Date
1977
Medium
wood engraving on paper
Catalogue Number
SmJ.04.08
Description
Two people dressed in outerwear, are standing facing to the right, the one in front has a cigarette in his left hand, right hand in pocket, the other has his hands behind his back, image in black ink. Initialed JAS in block brc: in pencil from l: Two Indians 27/50 James Agrell Smith.
Artist
James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)
Title
Two Indians
Date
1977
Medium
wood engraving on paper
Dimensions
19.7;21.0 x 12.3;14.2 cm
Description
Two people dressed in outerwear, are standing facing to the right, the one in front has a cigarette in his left hand, right hand in pocket, the other has his hands behind his back, image in black ink. Initialed JAS in block brc: in pencil from l: Two Indians 27/50 James Agrell Smith.
Subject
figure
male
group
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Dorothy Cranstone, Banff, 1986
Catalogue Number
SmJ.04.08
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Artist
Alison Rossiter (1953 – , American)
Date
1976
Medium
gelatin silver on paper
Catalogue Number
RoA.13.01
Description
Colour: black and white photo with blue and pink. Photograph of three women sitting in the stern of a boat with an awning shading them from the sun. The edges of the photo are decorated with flower and butterfly images.
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Artist
Alison Rossiter (1953 – , American)
Title
The Rum Runners
Date
1976
Medium
gelatin silver on paper
Dimensions
12.7 x 13.6 cm
Description
Colour: black and white photo with blue and pink. Photograph of three women sitting in the stern of a boat with an awning shading them from the sun. The edges of the photo are decorated with flower and butterfly images.
Subject
figure
group
landscape
lake
Credit
Gift of Anne (and John) Ewen, Banff, 1977
Catalogue Number
RoA.13.01
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Artist
Wilma Simon (1950 – , Canadian)
Date
1975
Medium
serigraph on paper
Catalogue Number
SiW.04.01
Description
Colour: blue, white, brown, purple. Four figures sit around a large drum in a white enclosure at center. Across the bottom are groups of white stripes and brown evergreen needle marks on a purple background. A gradated blue fills the background, dark to light near the top.
Artist
Wilma Simon (1950 – , Canadian)
Title
Singers
Date
1975
Medium
serigraph on paper
Dimensions
40.4 x 40.4 cm
Description
Colour: blue, white, brown, purple. Four figures sit around a large drum in a white enclosure at center. Across the bottom are groups of white stripes and brown evergreen needle marks on a purple background. A gradated blue fills the background, dark to light near the top.
Subject
figure
group
Credit
Purchased from Wilma Simon, 1977
Catalogue Number
SiW.04.01
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Figures in Fading Light

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Artist
James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)
Date
1975
Medium
ink, Sumi, graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
SmJ.03.01
Description
Two figures, a man and a woman, are seated on grass, both are facing to the left, the woman is covered by a cloak with only her head showing, the man is behind her also facing to the left, lying down resting on his elbows, the grass is bottomn quarter of picture and finely detailed, a clear backgro…
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Artist
James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)
Title
Figures in Fading Light
Date
1975
Medium
ink, Sumi, graphite on paper
Dimensions
59.6 x 82.3 cm
Description
Two figures, a man and a woman, are seated on grass, both are facing to the left, the woman is covered by a cloak with only her head showing, the man is behind her also facing to the left, lying down resting on his elbows, the grass is bottomn quarter of picture and finely detailed, a clear background behind the figures.
Subject
figure
group
Credit
Purchased from James Agrell Smith, 1978
Catalogue Number
SmJ.03.01
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Artist
Nicodemus Nowyook (1902 – 1985, Canadian)
Date
1974
Medium
stonecut on paper
Catalogue Number
NoN.04.02
Description
4 parka clad people in a boat, all have oars; a harpoon is cocked at the stern; the picture has very little detail colours are black and dark brown; the writing from left: Solomon Karpik Whale Hunting Pangnirtung /74 4/40.Bottom text reads “ᓇᐅᔪ ᓂᑯᑎᒧᓯ Solomon Karpik Whale Hunting Pangnirtung /74 ᐸᖕ…
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Artist
Nicodemus Nowyook (1902 – 1985, Canadian)
Title
Whale Hunting
Date
1974
Medium
stonecut on paper
Dimensions
12.0; 31.5 x 31.5; 43.0 cm
Description
4 parka clad people in a boat, all have oars; a harpoon is cocked at the stern; the picture has very little detail colours are black and dark brown; the writing from left: Solomon Karpik Whale Hunting Pangnirtung /74 4/40.Bottom text reads “ᓇᐅᔪ ᓂᑯᑎᒧᓯ Solomon Karpik Whale Hunting Pangnirtung /74 ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑐᒃ 4/40”Back reads “43/75”Pangnirtung kamik stamp on blc of print.
Subject
figure, group
hunting
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
NoN.04.02
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The fine arts in Canada

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1973
Author
MacTavish, Newton
Publisher
Toronto : Coles
Call Number
06.1 M25
Author
MacTavish, Newton
Publisher
Toronto : Coles
Published Date
1973
Physical Description
xiii, 181p. : ill., ports
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Coles Canadiana collection
Subjects
Artists
Group of Seven
Proctor, Phimister
Russell, George Horne
Notes
Originally published in 1925 by Macmillan
List of illustrations and biographical notes
Accession Number
19500
Call Number
06.1 M25
Collection
Archives Library
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Artist
John Harold Thomas Snow (1911 – 2004, Canadian)
Date
1973
Medium
coloured lithograph on paper
Catalogue Number
SnJ.04.21
Description
A couple with a child and dog stand outside in front of a brown house, the man is centre left, wearing a multi-coloured t-shirt and striped pink pants, a child stands beside him wearing yellow jacket, blue pants, a black dog is in front of them. The woman stands back and to right of centre, she …
Artist
John Harold Thomas Snow (1911 – 2004, Canadian)
Title
Country Place
Date
1973
Medium
coloured lithograph on paper
Dimensions
64.0 x 52.5 cm
Description
A couple with a child and dog stand outside in front of a brown house, the man is centre left, wearing a multi-coloured t-shirt and striped pink pants, a child stands beside him wearing yellow jacket, blue pants, a black dog is in front of them. The woman stands back and to right of centre, she has a magenta dress and shoes. trc is blue sky, fields and fences behind the woman.
Subject
figure, group
Credit
Gift of John Harold Thomas Snow, Calgary, 1990
Catalogue Number
SnJ.04.21
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Artist
Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)
Date
1973
Medium
coloured lithograph on paper
Catalogue Number
StS.04.09
Description
The Warhorse reproduction, with poem on black background; signed brc Sarain Stump '73 over artist's snake symbol; horse facing left and skeletal and muscled face of brave or warrior on right; smaller warrior on left and stick with feather on right; other symbolic elements. The artist also composed …
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Artist
Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)
Title
Warhorse Poster
Date
1973
Medium
coloured lithograph on paper
Dimensions
51.8 x 87.5 cm
Description
The Warhorse reproduction, with poem on black background; signed brc Sarain Stump '73 over artist's snake symbol; horse facing left and skeletal and muscled face of brave or warrior on right; smaller warrior on left and stick with feather on right; other symbolic elements. The artist also composed the poem of the same name. Other poems are seen in There is my People Sleeping; for more in for see StS.06.01.
Subject
figure, group
mythological
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
StS.04.09
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