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The Dog and the Hare

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Artist
Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939, British)
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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Artist
Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939, British)
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

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Artist
Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939, British)
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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Artist
Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939, British)
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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Artist
Joseph Francis Plaskett (1918 – 2014, Canadian)
Date
1953
Medium
india ink; wax crayon on paper
Catalogue Number
PlJ.03.04
Description
On back: Mysterious Night India ink & wax crayon. 1953 Joe Plaskett. Various abstract shapes and colours floating over entire black background, ie. blue window in upper right, white outlined evergreen tree upper centre, etc.
Artist
Joseph Francis Plaskett (1918 – 2014, Canadian)
Title
Mysterious Night
Date
1953
Medium
india ink; wax crayon on paper
Dimensions
18.7 x 27 cm
Description
On back: Mysterious Night India ink & wax crayon. 1953 Joe Plaskett. Various abstract shapes and colours floating over entire black background, ie. blue window in upper right, white outlined evergreen tree upper centre, etc.
Subject
mythological
Credit
Gift of Elizabeth Rummel, Banff, 1981
Catalogue Number
PlJ.03.04
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Artist
Kellypalik Mungitok (1940 – 2014, Canadian)
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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Artist
Kellypalik Mungitok (1940 – 2014, Canadian)
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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Artist
Kiakshuk (1886 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1960
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
KiA.04.01
Description
Two rows of bird silhouettes; top row has 5 birds, all different in various poses, roughly the same size; the bottom row has 4 birds, all different, 2 on left same size as the top row, 2 bottom right are larger; they are all a light gray/blue with darker at tips; the centre top bird has some brown;…
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Artist
Kiakshuk (1886 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Nine Arctic Birds
Date
1960
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
29.5; 39.2 x 49.0; 63.5 cm
Description
Two rows of bird silhouettes; top row has 5 birds, all different in various poses, roughly the same size; the bottom row has 4 birds, all different, 2 on left same size as the top row, 2 bottom right are larger; they are all a light gray/blue with darker at tips; the centre top bird has some brown; artists chop has 2 red boxes with symbols and an igloo; written in pencil in English from left bottom edge: Nine Arctic Birds Skin Stencil 9/50 Cape Dorset Baffin Island 1960 Kiakshuk.
Subject
animal, bird, group
mythological
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
KiA.04.01
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Artist
Napatchie Pootoogook (1938 – 2002, Canadian)
Date
1960
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
NeP.04.01
Description
Background is blue green variegated light and dark. On this are various black shapes of men and animals. The top part of the picture has 4 men in a boat, 2 with oars, one casting a spear which is touching the head of a walrus, there are 2 walrus heads. A long curving line runs along the picture,…
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Artist
Napatchie Pootoogook (1938 – 2002, Canadian)
Title
Eskimo Sea Dreams
Date
1960
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
49.5 x 60.5 cm
Description
Background is blue green variegated light and dark. On this are various black shapes of men and animals. The top part of the picture has 4 men in a boat, 2 with oars, one casting a spear which is touching the head of a walrus, there are 2 walrus heads. A long curving line runs along the picture, below this image is another scene. An animal/man with horns, holding a spear and horns is facing another animal/man, behind them a small bird. They are all standing on a large, black whale. brc artist's carver's chop in red and Dorset chop in black.
Subject
activity, hunting
fishing
mythological
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
NeP.04.01
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Two-Faced Sea Spirit

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Artist
Eegyvudluk Ragee (1920 – 1983, Canadian)
Date
1960
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
EeG.04.02
Description
Bold, almost all black image centered on paper. Facing left the spirit has two faces on an animal-part-fish.Bottom reads “Two-faced Sea Spirit Stone Cut 47/50 Cape Dorset Baffin Island ‘60 Eejyvudluk” Back reads “205 DOR/L 1960 - “7””Red chop denotes Egevadluq Ragee, black igloo chop denotes West …
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Artist
Eegyvudluk Ragee (1920 – 1983, Canadian)
Title
Two-Faced Sea Spirit
Date
1960
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
27.2 x 37.5 cm
Description
Bold, almost all black image centered on paper. Facing left the spirit has two faces on an animal-part-fish.Bottom reads “Two-faced Sea Spirit Stone Cut 47/50 Cape Dorset Baffin Island ‘60 Eejyvudluk” Back reads “205 DOR/L 1960 - “7””Red chop denotes Egevadluq Ragee, black igloo chop denotes West Baffin Eskimo Coop.Since only two chops are present, this tells us that the artist, Egevadluq, was the artist as well as the printer.
Subject
mythological
sea
spirit
face
fish
aquatic
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
EeG.04.02
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Tattooed Woman, Ulus and Kudlik

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Artist
Ashoona Pitseolak (1904 – 1983, Canadian)
Date
1962
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
PiA.04.03
Description
Six images, line renderings with shading; top row three faces - first tattooed smiling woman, woman with hair in piles, face with ulu mouth; bottom row - first - fish, middle ulu, kudlik; brc embossed circle 2.8 dia. with letters inside.Bottom reads “23/50 Dorset 1962 Pitseolak”.Back reads “: #271 …
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Artist
Ashoona Pitseolak (1904 – 1983, Canadian)
Title
Tattooed Woman, Ulus and Kudlik
Date
1962
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
31.5 x 45.5 cm
Description
Six images, line renderings with shading; top row three faces - first tattooed smiling woman, woman with hair in piles, face with ulu mouth; bottom row - first - fish, middle ulu, kudlik; brc embossed circle 2.8 dia. with letters inside.Bottom reads “23/50 Dorset 1962 Pitseolak”.Back reads “: #271 DOR/FD 1962-31”.Canadian Eskimo Arts Council (CEAC)embossed chop in br.
Subject
Figure
female
Tool
ulu
Mythological
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
PiA.04.03
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Artist
Siassie Ateitoq (1896 – 1983, Canadian)
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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Artist
Siassie Ateitoq (1896 – 1983, Canadian)
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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Artist
Alex Simeon Janvier (1935 – , Canadian)
Date
1964
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
JvA.05.01
Description
General colour: red, blue on white. A horizontal shape cuts the picture in half. Another shape goes up from that to the upper edge left of center. A single orange line comes down to the left lower edge. Four large orange dots sit at the outsides of the main shape.
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Artist
Alex Simeon Janvier (1935 – , Canadian)
Title
Follow-up
Date
1964
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
37.0 x 25.5 cm
Description
General colour: red, blue on white. A horizontal shape cuts the picture in half. Another shape goes up from that to the upper edge left of center. A single orange line comes down to the left lower edge. Four large orange dots sit at the outsides of the main shape.
Subject
mythological
abstract, non-representational
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
Catalogue Number
JvA.05.01
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