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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.825

Description: There are four separate images being depicted on the paper. The first in the top portion of the paper is a group of twelve tipis at the base of a foothill. The hills roll up behind them, with the Rocky Mountains in the background. There are some people by the tipis, but a group of three people in t…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 19.3 x 25.6 cm

Description: There are four separate images being depicted on the paper. The first in the top portion of the paper is a group of twelve tipis at the base of a foothill. The hills roll up behind them, with the Rocky Mountains in the background. There are some people by the tipis, but a group of three people in the foreground entering the area. In the second drawing on the bottom half of the paper near the left edge is a drawing of a tipi with trees in front of it and a group a person standing in front of the opening to the tipi. In the background there are mountains. In the third drawing to the right of the second is a group of people travelling in a horse caravan. Above them there is a rough sketch of what could be another tipi. In the fourth drawing in the bottom half of the paper near the right edge there is a man driving a wagon. You can see that he is holding the reins, but the team that is leading cannot be seen. verso: in the TLC it says “K22-2” and in the TRC “Flecn 339”

Subject: tipi; teepee; Indigenous; people; man; trees; foothills; mountains; wagon; horses; reigns; team; caravan

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.825

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https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.844

Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.844

Description: There are two boxed off drawings, one in the top half and the other in the bottom half. The drawing on in the top half is a scene of two people (a man and a child) on their skies standing in some tracks of people that can be seen further up. In the background there is a mountain range. In the secon…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 21.3 x 27.6 cm

Description: There are two boxed off drawings, one in the top half and the other in the bottom half. The drawing on in the top half is a scene of two people (a man and a child) on their skies standing in some tracks of people that can be seen further up. In the background there is a mountain range. In the second drawing below it is another winter scene of people skiing through the mountains. They are off in the distance, though their tracks lead right up to the edge of the drawing. In the background there is a mountain range with a cloud in the sky.

Subject: mountains; Rocky Mountains; people; man; child; group; skiing; skis; poles; winter; snow; sports

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.844

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.846

Description: Two boxed off drawings. The first has rocks in the foreground with one mountain rising up in the mid-ground and then a range of mountains in the background. The second drawing has rocks in the foreground and a lake just past them, and in the background there is mountains. Both drawings are assemble…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 25.7 x 16.0 cm

Description: Two boxed off drawings. The first has rocks in the foreground with one mountain rising up in the mid-ground and then a range of mountains in the background. The second drawing has rocks in the foreground and a lake just past them, and in the background there is mountains. Both drawings are assembled planer like.

Subject: rocks; mountains; Rocky Mountains; lake; water; trees

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.846

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.889

Description: A palm tree on a beach, with a house and more palms behind it to the left. The water to the right goes around the shore line emphasising the mountains in the background. There is a volcano behind the house with smoke billowing into the air. verso: a sketch of a mountain pass. There is a road that g…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 12.6 x 20.2 cm

Description: A palm tree on a beach, with a house and more palms behind it to the left. The water to the right goes around the shore line emphasising the mountains in the background. There is a volcano behind the house with smoke billowing into the air. verso: a sketch of a mountain pass. There is a road that goes around a mountain, that is supported by a bridge with arches. In the valley there is a river that is flowing through and another mountain rising up beside it.