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Honolulu 1934 [I]

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1934

Medium: watercolour; ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.286

Description: Beach scene with many people. In the foreground, a man lays in his back with arms outstretched, knees and his bald head facing the viewer. Two dogs play in the middle ground, right side, one appears to be digging. Children run and people sunbathe with umbrellas in the background.paper support has b…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Honolulu 1934 [I]

Date: 1934

Medium: watercolour; ink on paper

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35.5 cm

Description: Beach scene with many people. In the foreground, a man lays in his back with arms outstretched, knees and his bald head facing the viewer. Two dogs play in the middle ground, right side, one appears to be digging. Children run and people sunbathe with umbrellas in the background.paper support has been glues to stiffer matting, possibly by previous cataloguer or preparator (pre-2016)

Subject: beach; sunbathing; leisure; dogs; Hawaii; Honolulu

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.286

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Honolulu 1934 [II]

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1934

Medium: ink; watercolour

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.287

Description: Watercolour and ink drawing of many people on a beach. A man in the right of foreground lies on his back suntanning. A larger woman in a pink bathing suit and blue cap, and blue floater in her right had. She wears blue sandals and gestures to someone farther down the beach. To the right a man in a…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Honolulu 1934 [II]

Date: 1934

Medium: ink; watercolour

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35.5 cm

Description: Watercolour and ink drawing of many people on a beach. A man in the right of foreground lies on his back suntanning. A larger woman in a pink bathing suit and blue cap, and blue floater in her right had. She wears blue sandals and gestures to someone farther down the beach. To the right a man in a hat is putting on his blue pants. Other people are sun tanning, sitting, or playing in the midground. In the background, people are in the water and there is a ship on the horizon.

Subject: beach; leisure; sunbathing; Hawaii; Honolulu

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.287

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North American Ski Championships

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1966

Medium: graphite; ink on board

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.800

Description: Circular drawing with the North American continent drawn inside with blue coloured pencil filling in the major bodies of water. A ring is drawn around the circle with the words “NORTH AMERICAN SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS” written inside it. Behind the circular shape there are two skis crossed behind it, with…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: North American Ski Championships

Date: 1930 – 1966

Medium: graphite; ink on board

Dimensions: 34.5 x 35.5 cm

Description: Circular drawing with the North American continent drawn inside with blue coloured pencil filling in the major bodies of water. A ring is drawn around the circle with the words “NORTH AMERICAN SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS” written inside it. Behind the circular shape there are two skis crossed behind it, with the front of them at the top, and the ends and the bottom. Written in pencil in the TLC and TRC “UP TURN” and an arrow pointing at the skis, and in the BLC and BRC “FLAT” with an arrow pointing at the end of the skis. There is a distinct dot in the middle of the board, and lines drawn out finding the absolute centre of the board and image.

Subject: North American Ski Champhionships; ski; water; land; competition; skis

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.800

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Our Very Best Wishes Christmas and the New Year

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1960

Medium: graphite; coloured graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.827

Description: A group of people are gathered together sitting out on the grass. There is a person walking towards them walking an animal (potentially a dog). To the right and in the mid ground there is six tipis arranged uniformly. In the background there is a green coloured hill/mountain with a grey mountain in…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Our Very Best Wishes Christmas and the New Year

Date: 1930 – 1960

Medium: graphite; coloured graphite on paper

Dimensions: 23.2 x 30.7 cm

Description: A group of people are gathered together sitting out on the grass. There is a person walking towards them walking an animal (potentially a dog). To the right and in the mid ground there is six tipis arranged uniformly. In the background there is a green coloured hill/mountain with a grey mountain in the background. Written below the drawing “CATHARINE WHYTE PETER WHYTE OUR VERY BEST WISHES CHRISTMAS AND THE NEW YEAR”