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Moccasin Seller

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Artist: Cornelius David Krieghoff (1815 – 1872, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1878

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: KrC.02.01

Description: General colour: grey. A heavily cloaked figure wearing snow shoes and carrying a basket on her back from her forehead and with mocassins clasped in her right hand, trudges to the right in front of chunks of snow covered ice. In the distance on the left is an embankment with a flag flying at the top…

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Artist: Cornelius David Krieghoff (1815 – 1872, Canadian)

Title: Moccasin Seller

Date: prior to 1878

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 26.3 x 21.8 cm

Description: General colour: grey. A heavily cloaked figure wearing snow shoes and carrying a basket on her back from her forehead and with mocassins clasped in her right hand, trudges to the right in front of chunks of snow covered ice. In the distance on the left is an embankment with a flag flying at the top. The sky is grey with a patch of blue in the upper left area.

Subject: figure, female; winter

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971

Catalogue Number: KrC.02.01

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The Ski Jumper, Mount Norquay, Banff

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Artist: Robert J. McGuinness (1886 – 1961, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1960

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: McR.02.02

Description: General colour: brown, blue. Diagonally across the lower right corner stand a row of figures with their backs to the viewer. Above them is a skier suspended in the air at the peak of his jump. In the background is a mountain and valley below.

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Artist: Robert J. McGuinness (1886 – 1961, Canadian)

Title: The Ski Jumper, Mount Norquay, Banff

Date: prior to 1960

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 120.7 x 120.7 cm

Description: General colour: brown, blue. Diagonally across the lower right corner stand a row of figures with their backs to the viewer. Above them is a skier suspended in the air at the peak of his jump. In the background is a mountain and valley below.

Subject: activity, ski jumping; winter

Credit: Gift of Gus Baracus, Banff, 1971

Catalogue Number: McR.02.02

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Toe of Athabasca Glacier, Columbia Icefield

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas on masonite

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.286

Description: View of the edge of a glacier. In the foreground (the lower third of the picture) are areas of grey interlocking with areas of light grey-yellow green. In the background is a rounded rise of ice with its surface coloured pale yellow and white, and crevasses of light-blue, grey-green and green-blue …

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Toe of Athabasca Glacier, Columbia Icefield

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas on masonite

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: View of the edge of a glacier. In the foreground (the lower third of the picture) are areas of grey interlocking with areas of light grey-yellow green. In the background is a rounded rise of ice with its surface coloured pale yellow and white, and crevasses of light-blue, grey-green and green-blue (with some outlines of dark blue). The bottom edge of the glacier is a cliff of ice, which extends from the righthand side of the picture and almost reaches the lefthand side. At the top of the sketch, a strip of blue sky is found on the left and an area of brown wash is on the right.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; lake; glacier; winter

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.286

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Tracking the Moose

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Artist: Cornelius David Krieghoff (1815 – 1872, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1878

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: KrC.02.02

Description: General colour: grey, green, blue, pink. A figure wearing snow shoes, a green coat with a red sash and a red tam with feathers in it, carries a rifle over his right shoulder and trudges to the left. Behind to the right is a snow covered rock. To the left are trees. Grey clouds in a pink and blue sk…

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Artist: Cornelius David Krieghoff (1815 – 1872, Canadian)

Title: Tracking the Moose

Date: prior to 1878

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 21.9 x 26.1 cm

Description: General colour: grey, green, blue, pink. A figure wearing snow shoes, a green coat with a red sash and a red tam with feathers in it, carries a rifle over his right shoulder and trudges to the left. Behind to the right is a snow covered rock. To the left are trees. Grey clouds in a pink and blue sky come down to meet a distant hill.