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- Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian) 77
- Peter or Catharine Whyte 15
- Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian) 3
- Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian) 2
- Kiakshuk (1886 – 1966, Canadian) 2
- Unknown 2
- Annie 1
- Bruce W. Ferguson 1
- James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian) 1
- Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian) 1
- Jessie Oonark (1906 – , Canadian) 1
- John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian) 1
- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Material
- metal; plastic; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0055
- Description
- A small, flat, rectangular, brass case trimmed with aqua plastic. Case hinged across back with small, square latch at front which hooks over small, rolled, metal tab. Aqua plastic sides give effect of panel moulding, grooved square of aqua at lower centre of top just above latch. Engraved round sea…
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- Title
- Compact
- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Material
- metal; plastic; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 1.0 x 4.0 x 5.5 cm
- Description
- A small, flat, rectangular, brass case trimmed with aqua plastic. Case hinged across back with small, square latch at front which hooks over small, rolled, metal tab. Aqua plastic sides give effect of panel moulding, grooved square of aqua at lower centre of top just above latch. Engraved round seal depicting woman and goat just above, back patterned with vertical lines on the brass, with "Coty" at middle. Inside top is rectangular mirror in brass frame, with shallow well in bottom holding rectangular cake of compressed beige powder. Rectangular, aqua, satin applicator pad with napped fabric on underside, and small cord loop for lifting at one corner of top. Signature "Coty" in gold across top.
- Subject
- households
- animal
- goat
- figure
- woman
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0055
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- Date
- 1929 – 1935
- Material
- glass; metal; paper; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0057
- Description
- In small, light green leather case embossed with gold. A small, tubular glass vial with blue stripes moulded into glass, brass cap with screw threads at bottom twists on over threads at neck of bottle, mouth of bottle tapers above neck to form dropper with tiny orifice. Round, gold, paper label on…
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- Title
- Toilet Bottle
- Date
- 1929 – 1935
- Material
- glass; metal; paper; skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 6.1 x 3.7 x 6.1 cm
- Description
- In small, light green leather case embossed with gold. A small, tubular glass vial with blue stripes moulded into glass, brass cap with screw threads at bottom twists on over threads at neck of bottle, mouth of bottle tapers above neck to form dropper with tiny orifice. Round, gold, paper label on front of bottle depicts gold silhouette of woman within outline of royal crown, "Renaud Paris 1871 /Sweetpea" Two-fifths full of perfume. Case: flat rectangular, light green with border design embossed in gold on lid. Lid hinged to snap open, and lined with creamy satin stamped with name of Renaud. Bottom of velvet like fabric covering plate of metal shaped with grown across middle to hold perfume bottle.
- Subject
- households
- figure
- woman
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0057
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- Artist
- Annie
- Date
- c. 1965
- Catalogue Number
- AnI.06.01
- Description
- Prob. purchased by CRW on 1968 Povungnituk trip; see reference p. 168, object 348 of Sculpture of the [Eskimo]. Swinton, Geo.Women in detailed amautig (parke), slightly hunched, holding pelts in mittens at front; Annie 71730 scratched on bottom; details include ties on kamiks (boots), pelt fur and …
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- Artist
- Annie
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- c. 1965
- Dimensions
- 12.9 x 4.7 x 5.5 cm
- Description
- Prob. purchased by CRW on 1968 Povungnituk trip; see reference p. 168, object 348 of Sculpture of the [Eskimo]. Swinton, Geo.Women in detailed amautig (parke), slightly hunched, holding pelts in mittens at front; Annie 71730 scratched on bottom; details include ties on kamiks (boots), pelt fur and opening for child represented in amautiz hood.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- AnI.06.01
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Woman Sewing Skin Boots
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- Date
- 1960
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- AsM.04.01
- Description
- A positive, black image of a woman, dressed in a parka, sewing a skin boot; 3 utensils are near her; titled, numbered, dated and signed in pencil from the left; pasted on the tr back a 2.5 x 1.9 label: Canadian Eskimo Art”.Bottom text reads “Woman Sewing Skin Boots Stone Cut 9/50 Cape Dorset 1960 M…
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- Title
- Woman Sewing Skin Boots
- Date
- 1960
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 31.0 x 48.8 cm
- Description
- A positive, black image of a woman, dressed in a parka, sewing a skin boot; 3 utensils are near her; titled, numbered, dated and signed in pencil from the left; pasted on the tr back a 2.5 x 1.9 label: Canadian Eskimo Art”.Bottom text reads “Woman Sewing Skin Boots Stone Cut 9/50 Cape Dorset 1960 M. Ashevak”The series of chops in the top left are as follows: the first red chop denotes Miri (Mary) Ashevak Ezekial, the artist; the second red chop denotes Lukta Qiatsuk, the printer; the black igloo chop denotes that the print was made in the West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative in Cape Dorset.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- AsM.04.01
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- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- AuS.04.01
- Description
- Bold, mostly black image. Irregular shape with face, face tatooed. Towards top of image Inuit letters, near chin an ulu.Text in image reads “ᓯᐊᓯ ᐊᑎᑐ”Bottom text reads “17/30 ᑯᓕᓴᔭᒪ ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔪ ᑭᓇᒍᐊ ᓯᐊᓯ ᐊᑎᑐ ᐳᕕᓇᑐ ᑯᐃᐱ ᑲᓇᑕ 1962”
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- Title
- Face of Woman
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 34.8 x 46.0 cm
- Description
- Bold, mostly black image. Irregular shape with face, face tatooed. Towards top of image Inuit letters, near chin an ulu.Text in image reads “ᓯᐊᓯ ᐊᑎᑐ”Bottom text reads “17/30 ᑯᓕᓴᔭᒪ ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔪ ᑭᓇᒍᐊ ᓯᐊᓯ ᐊᑎᑐ ᐳᕕᓇᑐ ᑯᐃᐱ ᑲᓇᑕ 1962”
- Subject
- mythological
- figure, woman
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- AuS.04.01
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The Butterfly Effect, #16, Skoki Creek
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- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- CaM.02.03 a-c
- Description
- An abstract painting of Skoki Creek area. Mainly red and black. A distinct scene is indeterminate when viewed close up but when further back a whole scene is visble. There is a naked woman in the blc. She appears to be up to her knees in Skoki Creek. Another figure is on the left. It is bent …
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- Title
- The Butterfly Effect, #16, Skoki Creek
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- oil on board
- Description
- An abstract painting of Skoki Creek area. Mainly red and black. A distinct scene is indeterminate when viewed close up but when further back a whole scene is visble. There is a naked woman in the blc. She appears to be up to her knees in Skoki Creek. Another figure is on the left. It is bent over with its arms outstretched.
- Credit
- Purchased from Michael Cameron, Banff, 2001
- Catalogue Number
- CaM.02.03 a-c
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Evening Mt. Fuji During the Upward Wind
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- Date
- 1895
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ChY.04.08 a-c
- Description
- This triptych features four women spread across three panels with Mt. Fuji softly in the background. A stretch of bushes separated the women from the background and is mostly grey. The lone Mt. Fuji is the only background with paper tone behind it. In the first panel Mt. Fuji starts and two wome…
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- Title
- Evening Mt. Fuji During the Upward Wind
- Date
- 1895
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 37 x 72 cm
- Description
- This triptych features four women spread across three panels with Mt. Fuji softly in the background. A stretch of bushes separated the women from the background and is mostly grey. The lone Mt. Fuji is the only background with paper tone behind it. In the first panel Mt. Fuji starts and two women stand with their bodies facing eachother. The smaller woman is pointing at Mt. Fuji. In the second panel a woman stands in the rc, her body facing right and her head turned back to the left. She has her back to the mountain which is mostly featured in the second panel. In the third panel a woman sits on a bench facing left with her hand by her chest. A lamp is to the left of her bench. The ground the woman are on is mostly paper tone with a light wash.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- ChY.04.08 a-c
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Sonia de Grandmaison
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- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- painting on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- DgN.02.05
- Description
- An oil painting portrait of a woman. The painting is dominated by by a woman sitting near water, looking down. The woman is wearing blue shorts and a red shirt with a red scarf around her head. The background is primarily yellow, blue and green with visible thick, short brush strokes. The artist si…
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- Title
- Sonia de Grandmaison
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- painting on canvas
- Dimensions
- 63.5 x 51.0 cm
- Description
- An oil painting portrait of a woman. The painting is dominated by by a woman sitting near water, looking down. The woman is wearing blue shorts and a red shirt with a red scarf around her head. The background is primarily yellow, blue and green with visible thick, short brush strokes. The artist signature is written in black ink in the brhc. Au verso, written in blue ink in the top rhc, “PROPERTY OF LOU DE GRANDMAISON”. In the top rhc on the wooden frame in black ink, “#113”. In the centre on the left side of the wooden frame is a purple ink stamp. The first two lines of text are illegible and under them is, “25”. The same stamp, however even less legible, is also on the right side of the frame in the centre.
- Subject
- woman
- Sonia de Grandmaison
- Credit
- Gift of Nicolas Jr. de Grandmaison, Vancouver, 2011
- Catalogue Number
- DgN.02.05
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Sonia de Grandmaison
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- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- drawing on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- DgN.03.11
- Description
- A pastel drawing portrait of a woman. A young woman dominates the drawing. The woman has shoulder-length curly/wavy brown hair and blue eyes. She is wearing a pink top or dress that is cut low across her chest and exposes her shoulders. The background is cream and beige. The artist signature is wri…
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- Title
- Sonia de Grandmaison
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- drawing on canvas
- Dimensions
- 57.0 x 43.0 cm
- Description
- A pastel drawing portrait of a woman. A young woman dominates the drawing. The woman has shoulder-length curly/wavy brown hair and blue eyes. She is wearing a pink top or dress that is cut low across her chest and exposes her shoulders. The background is cream and beige. The artist signature is written in black in the bottom rhc.
- Subject
- portrait
- woman
- Nicolas de Grandmaison
- Credit
- Gift of Nicolas Jr. de Grandmaison, Vancouver, 2011
- Catalogue Number
- DgN.03.11
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Untitled [Sonia de Grandmaison]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactdgn.03.13
- Date
- 1931
- Medium
- drawing on paper
- Catalogue Number
- Dgn.03.13
- Description
- A charcoal drawing of a woman lying on a bed with bent knees and her head on a pillow. On viewer’s left the woman has her right arm raised with her hand on her cheek. The drawing is done on a piece of hotel stationery: stamped logo hotel left-hand corner with “COVERS AN ENTIRE BLOCK” printed undern…
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- Title
- Untitled [Sonia de Grandmaison]
- Date
- 1931
- Medium
- drawing on paper
- Dimensions
- 20.7 x 21.0 cm
- Description
- A charcoal drawing of a woman lying on a bed with bent knees and her head on a pillow. On viewer’s left the woman has her right arm raised with her hand on her cheek. The drawing is done on a piece of hotel stationery: stamped logo hotel left-hand corner with “COVERS AN ENTIRE BLOCK” printed underneath, right-hand corner “ONE OF AMERICA’S EXCEPTIONAL HOTELS, DAVENPORT HOTEL, LOUIE M. DAVENPORT, PRESIDENT” underneath “SPOKANE, WASHINGTON”. Written in pen mid-to-right hand side under drawing “1931 Spokane, Wash. Sketch by Nicholas de Grandmaison on our honeymoon in Spokane Wash.”
- Subject
- portrait
- woman
- Sonia de Grandmaison
- Credit
- Gift of Nicolas Jr. de Grandmaison, Vancouver, 2018
- Catalogue Number
- Dgn.03.13
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