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Orest Dournovo
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactdgn.03.12
- Date
- c. 1930
- Medium
- drawing on paper
- Catalogue Number
- DgN.03.12
- Description
- A pastel drawing portrait of a man. The bust of an older man dominates the drawing. The man is bald and has blue eyes and a long beard that is greying at the bottom. The background is dark grey and brown, with lines visible from the loose drawing strokes. The artist signature is in the bottom rhc, …
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- Title
- Orest Dournovo
- Date
- c. 1930
- Medium
- drawing on paper
- Dimensions
- 47.0 x 36.5 cm
- Description
- A pastel drawing portrait of a man. The bust of an older man dominates the drawing. The man is bald and has blue eyes and a long beard that is greying at the bottom. The background is dark grey and brown, with lines visible from the loose drawing strokes. The artist signature is in the bottom rhc, written in black, “N de Grandmaison”. Au verso, there is an illegible purple ink stamp in the centre near the bottom. The stamp is a rectangle with print inside.
- Subject
- portrait
- man
- Nicolas de Grandmaison
- Credit
- Gift of Nicolas Jr. de Grandmaison, Vancouver, 2011
- Catalogue Number
- DgN.03.12
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Ow! Oh! I Missed the Broom
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.953%20g
- Date
- 1922
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.953 g
- Description
- Women in checkered dress holding broom with curling rocks around her
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- Title
- Ow! Oh! I Missed the Broom
- Date
- 1922
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.0 x 16.0 cm
- Description
- Women in checkered dress holding broom with curling rocks around her
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.953 g
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Power Dam near Calgary
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcmd.03.02
- Artist
- Doris Cormie
- Date
- 1933
- Medium
- drawing on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CmD.03.02
- Description
- A pastel landscape drawing on brown paper. A large cement dam at left, reaching past the centre dominates the drawing. In the background the sky is a pale blue. The large, grey dam has white water rushing through on the viewer’s right. On the same side of the drawing, extending out of frame, is a …
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- Artist
- Doris Cormie
- Title
- Power Dam near Calgary
- Date
- 1933
- Medium
- drawing on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.5 x 38.5 cm
- Description
- A pastel landscape drawing on brown paper. A large cement dam at left, reaching past the centre dominates the drawing. In the background the sky is a pale blue. The large, grey dam has white water rushing through on the viewer’s right. On the same side of the drawing, extending out of frame, is a large brown rock with yellow and orange highlites. In the foreground is blue water with white highlites. The artist signature is written in the bottom right corner in pencil. Au verso, written in very faint pencil in the top right corner is, “Doris Cormie 23 Aug 1933”.
- Subject
- dam
- architecture
- Doris Cormie
- Credit
- Gift of Barry Hunter Gillis, Richmond, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- CmD.03.02
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Sandy Lauchie Gets Excited
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.645
- Date
- 1922
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.645
- Description
- Ink drawing of a Scottish man in cartoon style. The man, in kilt, Scottish bonnet, and mittens, is accompanied by curling rocks and a broom. To the right of the figure are the inscriptions: “SOOP ‘ER UP”! and SANDY LAUCHIE GETS EXCITEDSigned P.W. /22 in brc
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- Title
- Sandy Lauchie Gets Excited
- Date
- 1922
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.5 x 15.8 cm
- Description
- Ink drawing of a Scottish man in cartoon style. The man, in kilt, Scottish bonnet, and mittens, is accompanied by curling rocks and a broom. To the right of the figure are the inscriptions: “SOOP ‘ER UP”! and SANDY LAUCHIE GETS EXCITEDSigned P.W. /22 in brc
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.645
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Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.769
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.769
- Description
- Peter is driving their vehicle towards Concord (as depicted in the sign), just below the back end of the vehicle there is an erased sign that pointed to Banff in the opposite direction. There is a band of animals with Peter as he drives. At the bottom of the drawing it says “SEASONS GREETINGS CATHA…
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- Title
- Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 30.4 cm
- Description
- Peter is driving their vehicle towards Concord (as depicted in the sign), just below the back end of the vehicle there is an erased sign that pointed to Banff in the opposite direction. There is a band of animals with Peter as he drives. At the bottom of the drawing it says “SEASONS GREETINGS CATHARINE AND PETER” and “29.1”in the BRC
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.769
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Season’s Greetings Catharine and Peter
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.940
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.940
- Description
- A Christmas card design. A rabbit in snowshoes holding poles has one lifted up and is pointing at a group of animals that is watching it. Below the drawing it says “SEASON’S GREETINGS CATHARINE AND PETER” and on the left edge it says “REDUCE TO 3 3/4”.verso: lines drawn to determine a size for the …
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- Title
- Season’s Greetings Catharine and Peter
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 17.8 x 28.7 cm
- Description
- A Christmas card design. A rabbit in snowshoes holding poles has one lifted up and is pointing at a group of animals that is watching it. Below the drawing it says “SEASON’S GREETINGS CATHARINE AND PETER” and on the left edge it says “REDUCE TO 3 3/4”.verso: lines drawn to determine a size for the card. Written along the left edge “Rota brown Yellow Lake Mixing white animals Standard red Peacock blue”.
- Subject
- Christmas card
- animal
- rabbit
- moose
- deer
- bird
- squirrel
- bear
- clothing
- mittens
- scarf
- winter
- sports
- snowshoes
- poles
- skis
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.940
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Season’s Greetings Catharine and Peter
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.941
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.941
- Description
- A Christmas card design. A group of animals are in a convoy of snow mobiles, and they are driving up and over a snowy hill. Below the drawing it says “SEASON’S GREETING’S [sic Greetings] CATHARINE AND PETER”
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- Title
- Season’s Greetings Catharine and Peter
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 17.7 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- A Christmas card design. A group of animals are in a convoy of snow mobiles, and they are driving up and over a snowy hill. Below the drawing it says “SEASON’S GREETING’S [sic Greetings] CATHARINE AND PETER”
- Subject
- Christmas card
- vehicle
- snow mobile
- winter
- snow
- sport
- animal
- moose
- deer
- wolf
- squirrel
- rabbit
- bear
- bird
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.941
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- Date
- 1921
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.601
- Description
- An ink caricature of a man in heavy boots, a shabby straw hat, and an exaggerated nose. He strides to the viewer’s right with a pitchfork in his right hand. Epitomized the stereotypical old farmer.Below is the inscription SI McIVORYNUT and P.W. /21
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- Title
- Si McIvorynut
- Date
- 1921
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.0 x 14.5 cm
- Description
- An ink caricature of a man in heavy boots, a shabby straw hat, and an exaggerated nose. He strides to the viewer’s right with a pitchfork in his right hand. Epitomized the stereotypical old farmer.Below is the inscription SI McIVORYNUT and P.W. /21
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.601
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The Six Minute Men Stage a Light Workout
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.857
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.857
- Description
- A group of men are out skating and playing hockey. One has fallen over and two of them appear to be falling or about to fall. Behind the figure in the foreground (the one in the air) there are two players that are skating and not having difficult. In the background there is a person standing in the…
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- Title
- The Six Minute Men Stage a Light Workout
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.3 x 27.6 cm
- Description
- A group of men are out skating and playing hockey. One has fallen over and two of them appear to be falling or about to fall. Behind the figure in the foreground (the one in the air) there are two players that are skating and not having difficult. In the background there is a person standing in the goal minding it. Near the TLC it says “THE SIX MINUTE MEN STAGE A LIGHT WORKOUT -----------”, in the BRC it says “Peter Whyte - 28 -”, and “Drawn specially for Russ.”verso: in the TLC it says “[’Russ’ - Russell Robb II CRW’s brother Jon Whyte to 27.2.75”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.857
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The Smith Brothers Limited
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.331
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.331
- Description
- Ink and pencil drawing of a train being investigated by nine men, in various positions, with magnifying glasses. One train car is labeled NYC 10079. A factory building, with a sign that reads CIGARETTES, towers above the train from the background. Peter Whyte’s signature, with “28” is in the botto…
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- Title
- The Smith Brothers Limited
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 30.3 x 23.5 cm
- Description
- Ink and pencil drawing of a train being investigated by nine men, in various positions, with magnifying glasses. One train car is labeled NYC 10079. A factory building, with a sign that reads CIGARETTES, towers above the train from the background. Peter Whyte’s signature, with “28” is in the bottom right corner of the drawing. A hand drawn line frames the drawing.Intersecting with the bottom of the hand-drawn frame is the title, hand written in pencil as: THE SMITH BROTHERS LIMITED
- Subject
- train
- industry
- investigation
- Peter Whyte
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.331
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This is Him Here He Comes.
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.622
- Date
- 1921
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.622
- Description
- Ink drawing of a male figure, rendered in a cartoon style, walking towards the viewer. He wears a brimmed hat and a smoking jacket with bow. To the right of the male figure is the inscription: THiS iS HiM/ HERE HE COMESSigned P.W. /21 at the bottom right of the figure
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- Title
- This is Him Here He Comes.
- Date
- 1921
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.0 x 14.5 cm
- Description
- Ink drawing of a male figure, rendered in a cartoon style, walking towards the viewer. He wears a brimmed hat and a smoking jacket with bow. To the right of the male figure is the inscription: THiS iS HiM/ HERE HE COMESSigned P.W. /21 at the bottom right of the figure
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.622
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[Two Stoney Nakoda]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.967
- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- ink’ watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.967
- Description
- Drawing of two men standing beside a teepee, one smoking a pipe, as two figures on horses approach. “ Coloured in with watercolour. Left figure wears yellow, green and red striped coat (Hudson’s Bay blanket?), brimmed hat with red feather. Figure at right wears green brimmed hat and gray waistco…
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- Title
- [Two Stoney Nakoda]
- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- ink’ watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 10.0 x 13.0 cm
- Description
- Drawing of two men standing beside a teepee, one smoking a pipe, as two figures on horses approach. “ Coloured in with watercolour. Left figure wears yellow, green and red striped coat (Hudson’s Bay blanket?), brimmed hat with red feather. Figure at right wears green brimmed hat and gray waistcoat and pants. Signed BRC. Framed in simple frame with red tape border. Reverse has sticker that reads “ARTISTIC PICTURE FRAMING CARSON PIRIE SCOTT & CO”
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Dorothy V. Whyte, West Vancouver, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.967
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- Date
- 1930 – 1939
- Medium
- watercolour; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.396
- Description
- woman reads at a beach in a yellow bikini with two dogs to her right and people sunbathing in top right of background.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1930 – 1939
- Medium
- watercolour; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.2 x 34.0 cm
- Description
- woman reads at a beach in a yellow bikini with two dogs to her right and people sunbathing in top right of background.
- Subject
- beach
- sunbathing
- woman
- reading
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.396
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- Date
- 1929 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.407
- Description
- A drawing for a greeting card. WIldlife animals sit in what appears to be a canoe within larger rectangle. Left edge, right edge and bottom edge in red ink, crosses to find the centre of the card. [blc] SEAON’S GREETING’S[BRC] CATHARINE AND PETER [top centre in red ink] 67 %
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1929 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 17.8 cm
- Description
- A drawing for a greeting card. WIldlife animals sit in what appears to be a canoe within larger rectangle. Left edge, right edge and bottom edge in red ink, crosses to find the centre of the card. [blc] SEAON’S GREETING’S[BRC] CATHARINE AND PETER [top centre in red ink] 67 %
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.407
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- Date
- 1929 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.460
- Description
- On two sides of paper are sketches of outdoor mountains scenes, intended as plans for a greetings card. One scene has a sign in the foreground that reads MERRY CHRISTMAS [verso].
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1929 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 16.0 x 20.4 cm
- Description
- On two sides of paper are sketches of outdoor mountains scenes, intended as plans for a greetings card. One scene has a sign in the foreground that reads MERRY CHRISTMAS [verso].
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.460
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- Date
- 1929 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.485
- Description
- Pencil drawings of a female figure doing chores.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1929 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.7 x 21.5 cm
- Description
- Pencil drawings of a female figure doing chores.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.485
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- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.501
- Description
- Various humorous ink drawings in a cartoon style. One is labeled: COW, another: EFFELEPHLUNT. Some drawings have sound effects such as BOO, PURR and ALLEZ-OOP. Signed in cursive in brc Peter Whyte -28
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.5 x 22.5 x 3.0 cm
- Description
- Various humorous ink drawings in a cartoon style. One is labeled: COW, another: EFFELEPHLUNT. Some drawings have sound effects such as BOO, PURR and ALLEZ-OOP. Signed in cursive in brc Peter Whyte -28
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.501
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- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.509
- Description
- Nine ink drawings of different scenes from foreign locations, possibly travel experienced. One example in the bottom left corner are two Asian men, one in a conical hat. He carries a large stick.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 20.3 cm
- Description
- Nine ink drawings of different scenes from foreign locations, possibly travel experienced. One example in the bottom left corner are two Asian men, one in a conical hat. He carries a large stick.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.509
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- Date
- 1924
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.529
- Description
- Ink drawings of winter mountain scenes, in various shaped frames.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1924
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 43.7 x 15.1 cm
- Description
- Ink drawings of winter mountain scenes, in various shaped frames.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.529
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- Date
- 1922
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.626
- Description
- Ink drawing of a roadster with the top off. The car faces the viewer’s left.Signed P.W. - 1922 in brc
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1922
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 19.8 x 24.8 cm
- Description
- Ink drawing of a roadster with the top off. The car faces the viewer’s left.Signed P.W. - 1922 in brc
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.626
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