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Chopping Through Cornice on Mount Brewster

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Artist
Bruno Engler (1915 – 2001, Canadian)
Date
1964
Medium
silver gelatin on paper
Catalogue Number
EnB.18.05
Description
A black and white photographic positive, a figure of a man is central in the picture, only his one boot is clearly defined, he is chopping through a cornice of snow, the mountain is from bottom left to upper right, most of it snow, flying snow backlit from the sun dominates the centre of the picture
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Artist
Bruno Engler (1915 – 2001, Canadian)
Title
Chopping Through Cornice on Mount Brewster
Date
1964
Medium
silver gelatin on paper
Dimensions
49.0 x 39.5 cm
Description
A black and white photographic positive, a figure of a man is central in the picture, only his one boot is clearly defined, he is chopping through a cornice of snow, the mountain is from bottom left to upper right, most of it snow, flying snow backlit from the sun dominates the centre of the picture
Subject
landscape, mountain
Mount Brewster
activity
climbing
winter
Credit
Purchased from Bruno Engler, Harvie Heights, 1985
Catalogue Number
EnB.18.05
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1928
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.766
Description
Drawing completed in ink to depict three people (two men and one woman) scrambling up an unknown mountain. The man on a ledge at the top that has a mustache and a pack on his back is lifting the woman up by her hair as she grasps towards him, the woman is using the second man’s head as a brace, and…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1928
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
35.5 x 25.1 cm
Description
Drawing completed in ink to depict three people (two men and one woman) scrambling up an unknown mountain. The man on a ledge at the top that has a mustache and a pack on his back is lifting the woman up by her hair as she grasps towards him, the woman is using the second man’s head as a brace, and the third man as a disgusted look on his face and is carrying a pickaxe. In the background you can see an outline for a mountain.
Subject
spiked boots
pickaxe
men
woman
climbing
scrambling
hair
mustache
mountain
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.766
Images
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
charcoal on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.950 c
Description
charcoal drawing of man climbing tree. To left side in charcoal “He was quicker at shinning a tree.”
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
charcoal on paper
Dimensions
27.8 x 22.2 cm
Description
charcoal drawing of man climbing tree. To left side in charcoal “He was quicker at shinning a tree.”
Subject
climbing
tree
shinning
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.950 c
Images
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