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Artist
Lorne Beug (1948 – , Canadian)
Date
1976
Medium
mixed media on paper
Catalogue Number
BeL.03.01
Description
The page is covered with whimsical sketches and descriptions.
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Artist
Lorne Beug (1948 – , Canadian)
Title
Parahighway Specs
Date
1976
Medium
mixed media on paper
Dimensions
56.5 x 76.3 cm
Description
The page is covered with whimsical sketches and descriptions.
Subject
architecture
archeological
whimsey
Credit
Gift of Jon Whyte, Banff, 1992
Catalogue Number
BeL.03.01
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Artist
Monte Monrad Christofferson (1956 – )
Date
1978
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
ChM.03.01
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Artist
Monte Monrad Christofferson (1956 – )
Title
Untitled
Date
1978
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
28.0 x 35.5 cm
Subject
whimsey
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ChM.03.01
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Untitled [Chess Set]

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Artist
Robin Sturdy (1946 – 1998, Canadian)
Date
c. 1975
Medium
ceramic
Catalogue Number
StR.06.01
Description
This piece is a fantastical ceramic chess set made up of a village. Surrounding the actual chess board is a village of turreted, peaked and snow-covered buildings. White ghost-like figures stretch out of windows and are crowded on the balconies and terraces of the buildings in an attempt to see t…
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Artist
Robin Sturdy (1946 – 1998, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Chess Set]
Date
c. 1975
Medium
ceramic
Dimensions
chess set: 45.72; table: 45.72 x chess set: 71.12; table: 76.2 x chess set: 91.44; table: 101.6 cm
Description
This piece is a fantastical ceramic chess set made up of a village. Surrounding the actual chess board is a village of turreted, peaked and snow-covered buildings. White ghost-like figures stretch out of windows and are crowded on the balconies and terraces of the buildings in an attempt to see the chess match. The chess pieces resemble turtle-like animals standing upright and wearing armor. The chess board is textured and the height of it is varied in different places. The chess set is primarily brown, white and tan.
Subject
whimsey
chess set
figure
mythological
architecture
fantasy
Credit
Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2002
Catalogue Number
StR.06.01
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Artist
Jane Zednik (1953 – , Canadian)
Date
1979
Medium
oil on paper
Catalogue Number
ZeJ.02.01
Description
A woman in black dress and a man in a blue suit fly, twisting through the air. A yellow house in the background with a grey road leading up to it. Dark green grass and two trees surround the house.
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Artist
Jane Zednik (1953 – , Canadian)
Title
Violation
Date
1979
Medium
oil on paper
Description
A woman in black dress and a man in a blue suit fly, twisting through the air. A yellow house in the background with a grey road leading up to it. Dark green grass and two trees surround the house.
Subject
figure
male
female
abstract
whimsey
Credit
Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2003
Catalogue Number
ZeJ.02.01
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