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The Dog and the Hare
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactraa.03.01
- Date
- 1912
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- RaA.03.01
- Description
- Dog has pipe and walking stick and plaid cap and topcoat, hare has purple bonnet and purse. Signed and dated A. Rackham 1912 brc, signed on mat The Dog & the Hare, Aesop's Fables p.145.
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- Title
- The Dog and the Hare
- Date
- 1912
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 20.8 x 25.2 cm
- Description
- Dog has pipe and walking stick and plaid cap and topcoat, hare has purple bonnet and purse. Signed and dated A. Rackham 1912 brc, signed on mat The Dog & the Hare, Aesop's Fables p.145.
- Subject
- animal
- dog
- hare
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- RaA.03.01
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The Cock and the Jewel
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactraa.03.02
- Date
- 1912
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- RaA.03.02
- Description
- One cock and three hens in landscape. Beige, blue, black, red colour washes dominant. Signed blc A. Rackham 1912. Pencilled note to engraver at bottom of picture says 6 high with an arrow indicating up. Written on discard backing board said Aesop's Fables-1912 The Cock and the Jewel p. 121
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- Title
- The Cock and the Jewel
- Date
- 1912
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.6 x 18.3 cm
- Description
- One cock and three hens in landscape. Beige, blue, black, red colour washes dominant. Signed blc A. Rackham 1912. Pencilled note to engraver at bottom of picture says 6 high with an arrow indicating up. Written on discard backing board said Aesop's Fables-1912 The Cock and the Jewel p. 121
- Subject
- animal
- chicken
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- RaA.03.02
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- Date
- 1960
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- MuN.04.01
- Description
- General colour: green, yellow. A single bird faces left in the cenwer of the composition. A small red and black seal (insignia) is in the upper right corner.
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- Title
- Young Curlew
- Date
- 1960
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 35.1 x 31.6 cm
- Description
- General colour: green, yellow. A single bird faces left in the cenwer of the composition. A small red and black seal (insignia) is in the upper right corner.
- Subject
- symbolism
- mythological
- bird
- curlew
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971
- Catalogue Number
- MuN.04.01
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Custer's Last Stand
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactmud.02.01
- Artist
- David Muskego
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- MuD.02.01
- Description
- Dominant yellow/rust/blue on white ground symbolic painting; initialled brc DM/72 and written on back brace Custer's Last Stand (symbolic) by David Muskego, LeGoff Reserve, Alta. in Catharine's handwriting; also 109 Frank Kaquitts.
- Artist
- David Muskego
- Title
- Custer's Last Stand
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 20.6 x 45.8 cm
- Description
- Dominant yellow/rust/blue on white ground symbolic painting; initialled brc DM/72 and written on back brace Custer's Last Stand (symbolic) by David Muskego, LeGoff Reserve, Alta. in Catharine's handwriting; also 109 Frank Kaquitts.
- Subject
- symbolism
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- MuD.02.01
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The Messengers
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactmud.02.02
- Artist
- David Muskego
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- MuD.02.02
- Description
- Label removed from back said The Messengers - The Great Eagle Spirit talks to the Medicine man at the centre. He then speaks to the messengers at his left and right who guide him to carry the message and power of the Great Spirit to the people. David Muskego Age: 18, LeGoff Reserve signed brc 72' D…
- Artist
- David Muskego
- Title
- The Messengers
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 40.5 x 50.7 cm
- Description
- Label removed from back said The Messengers - The Great Eagle Spirit talks to the Medicine man at the centre. He then speaks to the messengers at his left and right who guide him to carry the message and power of the Great Spirit to the people. David Muskego Age: 18, LeGoff Reserve signed brc 72' D. Muskego.
- Subject
- symbolism
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- MuD.02.02
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Spirit of the Hunt
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactmur.02.02
- Artist
- Robert Muskego
- Date
- 1973
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- MuR.02.02
- Description
- Symbolic painting on white ground with dominant, bright colours of black, yellow, blue; signed Robert Muskego '73 brc; $25.00 pencilled on back of board. Interior white fish shape contains human profile with yellow eye - fish eye also; note foot, spear and bearpaw snowshoe; fish is inside large bla…
- Artist
- Robert Muskego
- Title
- Spirit of the Hunt
- Date
- 1973
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 45.5 x 35.4 cm
- Description
- Symbolic painting on white ground with dominant, bright colours of black, yellow, blue; signed Robert Muskego '73 brc; $25.00 pencilled on back of board. Interior white fish shape contains human profile with yellow eye - fish eye also; note foot, spear and bearpaw snowshoe; fish is inside large black animal - bear?; yellow arc upper left of painting represents bow being strung; blue represents streams and lakes and rust earth; small amount of red symbolizes blood of animal - this explanation was given to Catharine and Jon Whyte when Muskego was visiting them in Banff.
- Subject
- symbolism
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- MuR.02.02
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Trout Stream Quilt
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactarp.05.01
- Date
- 1977
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ArP.05.01
- Description
- General colour: blue, grey on white. A striped stuffed bedspread, on which a bubbling river pours out of and over the left end. Three green fish can be seen moving up the falls.
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- Title
- Trout Stream Quilt
- Date
- 1977
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 49.3 x 49.3 cm
- Description
- General colour: blue, grey on white. A striped stuffed bedspread, on which a bubbling river pours out of and over the left end. Three green fish can be seen moving up the falls.
- Subject
- animal
- mythological
- craft
- quilt
- Credit
- Purchased from Dundurn Press, 1977
- Catalogue Number
- ArP.05.01
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Creatures [Title Page]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactarp.04.01
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ArP.04.01
- Description
- Title page of the portfolio reads: Creatures by Patricia Alice Askren. A book of prints in limited edition. Published by Lettuce Press in the Spring of 1978.
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- Title
- Creatures [Title Page]
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 17.4 x 17.6 cm
- Description
- Title page of the portfolio reads: Creatures by Patricia Alice Askren. A book of prints in limited edition. Published by Lettuce Press in the Spring of 1978.
- Subject
- animal
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- ArP.04.01
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There are creatures who live...
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactarp.04.02
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ArP.04.02
- Description
- The story begins on page 1:There are creatures who live on the ground and catch falling leaves. Some of them spend all their lives in the pursuit of leaves; eat them; make shoes of them, sleep under beds of the leaves and carry baskets of the things around. Occasionally, there is a special leaf to …
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- Title
- There are creatures who live...
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 17.6 x 17.6 cm
- Description
- The story begins on page 1:There are creatures who live on the ground and catch falling leaves. Some of them spend all their lives in the pursuit of leaves; eat them; make shoes of them, sleep under beds of the leaves and carry baskets of the things around. Occasionally, there is a special leaf to search for and go after until you've got it.
- Subject
- animal
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- ArP.04.02
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These are creatures who swim...
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactarp.04.03
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ArP.04.03
- Description
- The story - page 2:There are creatures who swim in the deep blue seas. Things with teeth, these creatures wait under the surface, watching everything. But there is nothing to worry about, they only live in the north.
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- Title
- These are creatures who swim...
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 17.6 x 17.6 cm
- Description
- The story - page 2:There are creatures who swim in the deep blue seas. Things with teeth, these creatures wait under the surface, watching everything. But there is nothing to worry about, they only live in the north.
- Subject
- animal
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- ArP.04.03
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