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Artist
Gerda Christoffersen ( – 2012, Canadian)
Date
1949
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
ChG.03.02
Description
Portrait of Chief John Hunter, facing toward the right of the image. His hair is black and in two braids. Wisps of hair are loose and blowing in the wind. His face is wrinked, particularly around his mouth. His coat is white and he is wearing orange and green scarves. In the bottom right corne…
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Artist
Gerda Christoffersen ( – 2012, Canadian)
Title
Chief John Hunter
Date
1949
Medium
pastel on paper
Description
Portrait of Chief John Hunter, facing toward the right of the image. His hair is black and in two braids. Wisps of hair are loose and blowing in the wind. His face is wrinked, particularly around his mouth. His coat is white and he is wearing orange and green scarves. In the bottom right corner, trees are visible. Above them are loosely drawn mountains. The sky is green (light and dark) and mauve.
Subject
portrait
male
Chief John Hunter
Credit
Gift of Doris Gammon, Banff, 2000
Catalogue Number
ChG.03.02
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1927
Medium
pastel on construction paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.258
Description
Drawing of a standing man in pastel on blue paper. He holds a walking stick in his left hand. His right arm is by his side. Faces viewer. He wears an overcoat and conductor-style? hat. Appears to wear a monocle and have a mustache. BRC: Peter Whyte 1927
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1927
Medium
pastel on construction paper
Dimensions
35.5 x 25.5 cm
Description
Drawing of a standing man in pastel on blue paper. He holds a walking stick in his left hand. His right arm is by his side. Faces viewer. He wears an overcoat and conductor-style? hat. Appears to wear a monocle and have a mustache. BRC: Peter Whyte 1927
Subject
male figure
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.258
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1920 – 1928
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.266
Description
Brown, white and black pastel drawing of the sagittal view of a human’s lower body, from the right side. The drawing stops at the figure’s hips and includes the buttocks, legs, and feet. The drawing is on brown construction paper.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1920 – 1928
Medium
pastel on paper
Dimensions
32.1 x 8.8 cm
Description
Brown, white and black pastel drawing of the sagittal view of a human’s lower body, from the right side. The drawing stops at the figure’s hips and includes the buttocks, legs, and feet. The drawing is on brown construction paper.
Subject
lower body
anatomy
male
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.266
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1920 – 1928
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.267
Description
Brown, black and white pastel drawing of the posterior view of a human trunk on brown construction paper. The figure appears to be male, judging from the broad shoulders and narrow hips.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1920 – 1928
Medium
pastel on paper
Dimensions
32.5 x 16.0 cm
Description
Brown, black and white pastel drawing of the posterior view of a human trunk on brown construction paper. The figure appears to be male, judging from the broad shoulders and narrow hips.
Subject
anatomy
male
trunk
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.267
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1920 – 1928
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.273
Description
A brown, black, and white pastel drawing of the sagittal view of a male’s right arm, shoulder and pectoral muscle. The arm is rotated so that the thumb faces the viewer and the shoulder is prominent. The drawing ends below the right pectoral and above the collarbone. The drawing is on brown constru…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1920 – 1928
Medium
pastel on paper
Dimensions
32.5 x 12.5 cm
Description
A brown, black, and white pastel drawing of the sagittal view of a male’s right arm, shoulder and pectoral muscle. The arm is rotated so that the thumb faces the viewer and the shoulder is prominent. The drawing ends below the right pectoral and above the collarbone. The drawing is on brown construction paper
Subject
anatomy
male
arm
chest
shoulder
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.273
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1920 – 1928
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.274
Description
A brown, black and white pastel drawing of the sagittal view of a male figure on brown construction paper. The figure is without arms so that the chest, stomach, and hips of the figure are fully visible. The figure’s musculature is extremely developed and proportions appear to be idealized. The fig…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1920 – 1928
Medium
pastel on paper
Dimensions
44 x 16 cm
Description
A brown, black and white pastel drawing of the sagittal view of a male figure on brown construction paper. The figure is without arms so that the chest, stomach, and hips of the figure are fully visible. The figure’s musculature is extremely developed and proportions appear to be idealized. The figure looks to the viewer’s right.
Subject
anatomical
male
figure
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.274
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Untitled [Native Man]

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Artist
Gerda Christoffersen ( – 2012, Canadian)
Date
1949
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
ChG.03.01
Description
A portrait of an Indigenous man. His hair is grey and worn in two braids. He is wearing several strings of beads around his neck. His shirt or tunic is purple. A purple and orange checked blanket is wrapped around his shoulders. It is visible in both the bottom left corner and the bottom right…
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Artist
Gerda Christoffersen ( – 2012, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Native Man]
Date
1949
Medium
pastel on paper
Description
A portrait of an Indigenous man. His hair is grey and worn in two braids. He is wearing several strings of beads around his neck. His shirt or tunic is purple. A purple and orange checked blanket is wrapped around his shoulders. It is visible in both the bottom left corner and the bottom right corner. Behind his shoulder on the left, a tipi is visible. Smoke is coming out of the top of it. Brown, craggy mountains are visible across the horizon. The sky moves up from yellow to green to blue. Clouds at the top of the image are orange.
Subject
portrait
male
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Doris Gammon, Banff, 2000
Catalogue Number
ChG.03.01
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Untitled [Sacred Owl]

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Artist
Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)
Date
c. 1950
Medium
pastel on sandpaper
Catalogue Number
DgN.03.10
Description
Pastel portrait of a First Nations man who is facing toward the left of the piece. The man is resting his face on his hand and he is visible from only the neck up. On his head he is wearing a red kerchief. His hair is in two braids, the one on the left of his head is only slightly visible, the o…
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Artist
Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Sacred Owl]
Date
c. 1950
Medium
pastel on sandpaper
Dimensions
37.5 x 27.5 cm
Description
Pastel portrait of a First Nations man who is facing toward the left of the piece. The man is resting his face on his hand and he is visible from only the neck up. On his head he is wearing a red kerchief. His hair is in two braids, the one on the left of his head is only slightly visible, the one on the right is completely visible. He is wearing a blue scarf or tie around his neck. Identified by Rod Green at Masters Gallery as Sacred Owl.
Subject
portrait
male
Sacred Owl
Credit
Gift of Caroline Harris-Andrews, Kingston, 2002
Catalogue Number
DgN.03.10
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