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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930 – 1960
Medium
ink; coloured inks; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.04.01 a-i
Description
Nine Christmas cards. (a) A convoy of vehicles, last car is a convertible filled with various Rocky Mountain animals, a signpost to left (b) various Rocky Mountain animals sit on snowmobiles racing across the horizon (c) various Rocky Mountain animals on skis, a red-sweatered rabbit on snowshoes, …
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Christmas Cards
Date
1930 – 1960
Medium
ink; coloured inks; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
11.0 x 16.2 cm
Description
Nine Christmas cards. (a) A convoy of vehicles, last car is a convertible filled with various Rocky Mountain animals, a signpost to left (b) various Rocky Mountain animals sit on snowmobiles racing across the horizon (c) various Rocky Mountain animals on skis, a red-sweatered rabbit on snowshoes, appears to be teaching them (d) various Rocky Mountain animals in a long canoe, the moose at the back is rowing (e) various Rocky Mountain animals working at easels with a man and woman on the left watching (f) various Rocky Mountain animals sit on a bench looking at a piece of abstract art on the wall (g) various Rocky Mountain animals on a sling being lifted by a yellow helicopter (h) various Rocky Mountain animals look at a sign Do not feed tourists danger big fine (i) various Rocky Mountain animals at easels painting, the backs of the easels are seen
Subject
card
Christmas
animals
Peter Whyte
Credit
Gift of Dorothy Cranstone, Banff, 1991
Catalogue Number
WyP.04.01 a-i
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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”
Subject
tipis
summer
gathering
people
mountains
grass
hats
animals
Christmas
dog
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.827
Images
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