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Best Wishes Peter
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.772
- Date
- 1951
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.772
- Description
- Christmas card sketch, resembling the final version of the 1951 card. Animals gather around Catharine and Peter’s vehicle waiting for Catharine to finish cooking. Peter sits on the roof reading. One of the bears is sitting by a stool with a fork in hand. Near the middle of the bottom edge of the pa…
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- Title
- Best Wishes Peter
- Date
- 1951
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.5 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- Christmas card sketch, resembling the final version of the 1951 card. Animals gather around Catharine and Peter’s vehicle waiting for Catharine to finish cooking. Peter sits on the roof reading. One of the bears is sitting by a stool with a fork in hand. Near the middle of the bottom edge of the paper it says “BEST WISHES PETER”verso: rectangular box drawn that is blank, that could have been used for another sketch.
- Subject
- bears
- stool
- fork
- moose
- birds
- squirrel
- rabbit
- tree
- cooking
- pot
- woman
- man
- reading
- vehicle
- Christmas card
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.772
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- Date
- 1916 – 1927
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.082
- Description
- Full figure rough sketch of woman wearing skirt with hands on hips.
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- Title
- Helen
- Date
- 1916 – 1927
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 23 cm
- Description
- Full figure rough sketch of woman wearing skirt with hands on hips.
- Subject
- woman
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.082
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- Date
- ca. 1920 – 1927
- Medium
- charcoal on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.245
- Description
- A sketch of a faceless woman sitting, wearing a hat, with crossed legs and hands resting on her lap. There is a frame drawn around image, and it looks like it’s been erased at the bottom and brought higher. It also appears that the title and signature have been erased and placed in a new location…
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- Title
- Memory
- Date
- ca. 1920 – 1927
- Medium
- charcoal on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 21.0 cm
- Description
- A sketch of a faceless woman sitting, wearing a hat, with crossed legs and hands resting on her lap. There is a frame drawn around image, and it looks like it’s been erased at the bottom and brought higher. It also appears that the title and signature have been erased and placed in a new location.Watermark: “CERTIFICATE BOND” then symbol of a large “C” with “McE” within it “MADE IN USA”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.245
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A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.773
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.773
- Description
- Peter is taking a nap on three logs that have three squirrels on the top, three birds rest on his body. At his feet there is a stump with an axe in it, with three more birds watching Peter and beside the stump there is a bear. Peter has comic “z’s” coming up from his body where in a conversation bu…
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- Title
- A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 10.0 x 16.0 cm
- Description
- Peter is taking a nap on three logs that have three squirrels on the top, three birds rest on his body. At his feet there is a stump with an axe in it, with three more birds watching Peter and beside the stump there is a bear. Peter has comic “z’s” coming up from his body where in a conversation bubble he describes his dream of sitting at a table with Catharine around a meal. Written along the top edge “TO MOTHER ROBB FROM PETER” and along the bottom edge “A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR”
- Subject
- Christmas card
- New year
- logs
- axe
- stump
- bear
- birds
- squirrels
- man
- sleeping
- coupe
- woman
- mean
- chair
- table
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.773
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Mrs. Tom Simeon
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.441
- Date
- 1931
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.441
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- Title
- Mrs. Tom Simeon
- Date
- 1931
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 35.0 x 27.0 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.441
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- Artist
- Peter or Catharine Whyte
- Date
- 1924 – 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- Wy?.02.010
- Description
- Oil portrait from the shoulders up of a woman with short, wavy brown hair in three quarter profile, wearing a blue, purple, black and white shawl. The woman is placed against a dark black background. The woman has light brown eyes and fair skin.
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- Artist
- Peter or Catharine Whyte
- Title
- Oil Painting
- Date
- 1924 – 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 53.0 x 43.0 cm
- Description
- Oil portrait from the shoulders up of a woman with short, wavy brown hair in three quarter profile, wearing a blue, purple, black and white shawl. The woman is placed against a dark black background. The woman has light brown eyes and fair skin.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- Wy?.02.010
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- Artist
- Peter or Catharine Whyte
- Date
- 1924 – 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- Wy?.02.011
- Description
- Oil portrait of a woman wearing a long green dress is seated with her legs crossed at the ankles against a light brown draped background. Her face is in three quarter profile, and her gaze is directed away from the viewer while her body faces the viewer. One arm is resting against a table, on which…
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- Artist
- Peter or Catharine Whyte
- Title
- Oil Painting
- Date
- 1924 – 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 53.0 x 43.0 cm
- Description
- Oil portrait of a woman wearing a long green dress is seated with her legs crossed at the ankles against a light brown draped background. Her face is in three quarter profile, and her gaze is directed away from the viewer while her body faces the viewer. One arm is resting against a table, on which a blue teapot, teacup and red vessel are placed, while the other arm is resting on her lap. The woman has short brown hair and is wearing a large statement necklace.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- Wy?.02.011
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- Artist
- Peter or Catharine Whyte
- Date
- 1924 – 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- Wy?.02.012
- Description
- Oil portrait from the waist up of a woman with short, wavy brown hair wearing a cream-coloured blouse and yellow accessory is seated against a deep yellow background in three quarter profile, looking away from the viewer. She has rosy cheeks, brown eyes and fair skin. The woman’s gaze is directed a…
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- Artist
- Peter or Catharine Whyte
- Title
- Oil Painting
- Date
- 1924 – 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 53.0 x 43.0 cm
- Description
- Oil portrait from the waist up of a woman with short, wavy brown hair wearing a cream-coloured blouse and yellow accessory is seated against a deep yellow background in three quarter profile, looking away from the viewer. She has rosy cheeks, brown eyes and fair skin. The woman’s gaze is directed away from the viewer.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- Wy?.02.012
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- Artist
- Peter or Catharine Whyte
- Date
- 1924 – 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- Wy?.02.014
- Description
- Oil portrait from the shoulders up of a woman with dark, tied-back hair.She is wearing a dark, v-neck shirt. The woman has fair skin, rosy cheeks, red lips and dark coloured eyes. Her hair is parted on the side and she is situated in front of a warm grey background. The womans face is near front fa…
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- Artist
- Peter or Catharine Whyte
- Title
- Oil Painting
- Date
- 1924 – 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 53.0 x 43.0 cm
- Description
- Oil portrait from the shoulders up of a woman with dark, tied-back hair.She is wearing a dark, v-neck shirt. The woman has fair skin, rosy cheeks, red lips and dark coloured eyes. Her hair is parted on the side and she is situated in front of a warm grey background. The womans face is near front facing, but her gaze is directed to the bottom right of the paintings.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- Wy?.02.014
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- Artist
- Peter or Catharine Whyte
- Date
- 1924 – 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- Wy?.02.015
- Description
- Oil portrait of a woman from the shoulders up with fair skin, blue eyes and wavy ginger hair in profile view. She is wearing a cream coloured blouse with a collar and a dark garment over top, along with a short beaded statement necklace. She is situated in front of a deep yellow ochre background.
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- Artist
- Peter or Catharine Whyte
- Title
- Oil Painting
- Date
- 1924 – 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 53.0 x 43.0 cm
- Description
- Oil portrait of a woman from the shoulders up with fair skin, blue eyes and wavy ginger hair in profile view. She is wearing a cream coloured blouse with a collar and a dark garment over top, along with a short beaded statement necklace. She is situated in front of a deep yellow ochre background.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- Wy?.02.015
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- Artist
- Peter or Catharine Whyte
- Date
- 1924 – 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- Wy?.02.020
- Description
- Oil portrait from the shoulders up of a woman with short, curly ginger hair, blue eyes, fair skin and rosy cheeks. She is wearing a black garment, -v-neck with three stripes of varying blues, from light to dark, and a blue rope-like necklace. She is situated in front of a beige/brown background.
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- Artist
- Peter or Catharine Whyte
- Title
- Oil Painting
- Date
- 1924 – 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 53.0 x 43.0 cm
- Description
- Oil portrait from the shoulders up of a woman with short, curly ginger hair, blue eyes, fair skin and rosy cheeks. She is wearing a black garment, -v-neck with three stripes of varying blues, from light to dark, and a blue rope-like necklace. She is situated in front of a beige/brown background.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- Wy?.02.020
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- Artist
- Peter or Catharine Whyte
- Date
- 1924 – 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- Wy?.02.021
- Description
- Oil portrait of a woman from the shoulders up with curly, light blonde/brown hair, blue eyes, fair skin and rosy cheeks. She is wearing a loose blue garment with a frilled, white colour, of which a blue ornament is adorned in the middle. She is situated in front of a dark brown, almost black, backg…
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- Artist
- Peter or Catharine Whyte
- Title
- Oil Painting
- Date
- 1924 – 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 53.0 x 23.0 cm
- Description
- Oil portrait of a woman from the shoulders up with curly, light blonde/brown hair, blue eyes, fair skin and rosy cheeks. She is wearing a loose blue garment with a frilled, white colour, of which a blue ornament is adorned in the middle. She is situated in front of a dark brown, almost black, background.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- Wy?.02.021
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- Artist
- Peter or Catharine Whyte
- Date
- 1924 – 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- Wy?.02.023
- Description
- Oil portrait from the shoulders up of a woman with wavy brown hair, brown eyes, fair skin and rosy cheeks, facing forward. She is wearing a blue/green V-neck garment. She is situated in front of a brown background with an unfinished edge on the bottom, revealing the brush strokes and underpainting.
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- Artist
- Peter or Catharine Whyte
- Title
- Oil Painting
- Date
- 1924 – 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 53.0 x 43.0 cm
- Description
- Oil portrait from the shoulders up of a woman with wavy brown hair, brown eyes, fair skin and rosy cheeks, facing forward. She is wearing a blue/green V-neck garment. She is situated in front of a brown background with an unfinished edge on the bottom, revealing the brush strokes and underpainting.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- Wy?.02.023
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- Artist
- Peter or Catharine Whyte
- Date
- 1924 – 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- Wy?.02.025
- Description
- Oil portrait from the shoulders up of a woman situated against a dark red background. The woman has short, dark brown/black wavy hair, fair skin and brown eyes. She is in three-quarter profile and looks to the right of the viewer. She is wearing a white collared shirt with a black tie, with a red b…
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- Artist
- Peter or Catharine Whyte
- Title
- Oil Painting
- Date
- 1924 – 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 53.0 x 43.0 cm
- Description
- Oil portrait from the shoulders up of a woman situated against a dark red background. The woman has short, dark brown/black wavy hair, fair skin and brown eyes. She is in three-quarter profile and looks to the right of the viewer. She is wearing a white collared shirt with a black tie, with a red blazer over top.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- Wy?.02.025
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- Artist
- Peter or Catharine Whyte
- Date
- 1924 – 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- Wy?.02.026
- Description
- Oil portrait from the shoulders up of a woman with fair skin, red lips, rosy cheeks and dark hair, tied back. She is painted in profile view, facing to the right of the viewer. She is wearing a dark red garment and is situated in front of a cream coloured background, which has two brown rectangles …
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- Artist
- Peter or Catharine Whyte
- Title
- Oil Painting
- Date
- 1924 – 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 53.0 x 43.0 cm
- Description
- Oil portrait from the shoulders up of a woman with fair skin, red lips, rosy cheeks and dark hair, tied back. She is painted in profile view, facing to the right of the viewer. She is wearing a dark red garment and is situated in front of a cream coloured background, which has two brown rectangles in the top center and top right corner.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- Wy?.02.026
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- Artist
- Peter or Catharine Whyte
- Date
- 1924 – 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- Wy?.02.027
- Description
- Oil portrait of a woman from the shoulders up who has fair skin, short dark hair, and brown eyes. The subject is wearing a flowy green garment, which is unfinished in the bottom left corner. She is situated in front of a green/grey background, painted in three quarter view. She is looking to the ri…
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- Artist
- Peter or Catharine Whyte
- Title
- Oil Painting
- Date
- 1924 – 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 53.0 x 43.0 cm
- Description
- Oil portrait of a woman from the shoulders up who has fair skin, short dark hair, and brown eyes. The subject is wearing a flowy green garment, which is unfinished in the bottom left corner. She is situated in front of a green/grey background, painted in three quarter view. She is looking to the right of the viewer.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- Wy?.02.027
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- Artist
- Peter or Catharine Whyte
- Date
- 1924 – 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- Wy?.02.028
- Description
- Oil portrait of a woman from the shoulders up with fair skin, red lips, and short, wavy dark hair that curls around her cheekbones. She is painted in three quarter profile, looking to the right of the viewer. She wears a red garment with a rounded collar, which has a thin teardrop shaped decoration…
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- Artist
- Peter or Catharine Whyte
- Title
- Oil Painting
- Date
- 1924 – 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 53.0 x 43.0 cm
- Description
- Oil portrait of a woman from the shoulders up with fair skin, red lips, and short, wavy dark hair that curls around her cheekbones. She is painted in three quarter profile, looking to the right of the viewer. She wears a red garment with a rounded collar, which has a thin teardrop shaped decoration (or perhaps a cutout?) where it meets in the middle. She is situated in fron of a orange/brown background.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- Wy?.02.028
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- Date
- 1927
- Medium
- graphite; coloured graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.765
- Description
- A fast figure drawing initially done in pencil is filled with coloured pencil to add depth and dimension to the figure. The woman is shoeless, resting on a cane in her right hand, and is wearing a colourful wrap on her head. Behind her there is some sort of structure that is three-tiered.
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- Title
- Old Woman
- Date
- 1927
- Medium
- graphite; coloured graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 35.5 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- A fast figure drawing initially done in pencil is filled with coloured pencil to add depth and dimension to the figure. The woman is shoeless, resting on a cane in her right hand, and is wearing a colourful wrap on her head. Behind her there is some sort of structure that is three-tiered.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.765
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Season’s Greetings Catharine and Peter
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.936
- Date
- 1955
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.936
- Description
- The 1955 Christmas card design. Peter is standing beside Catharine who is sitting on a tree stump. They are watching a group of animals paint the mountain scene in the background. Below the drawing it says “SEASON’S GREETINGS 1955 CATHARINE AND PETER”verso: ink marks along the left edge
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- Title
- Season’s Greetings Catharine and Peter
- Date
- 1955
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 18.4 x 28.8 cm
- Description
- The 1955 Christmas card design. Peter is standing beside Catharine who is sitting on a tree stump. They are watching a group of animals paint the mountain scene in the background. Below the drawing it says “SEASON’S GREETINGS 1955 CATHARINE AND PETER”verso: ink marks along the left edge
- Subject
- Christmas card
- people
- man
- woman
- animal
- moose
- deer
- bear
- squirrel
- bird
- rabbit
- wolf
- landscape
- mountain
- Rocky Mountains
- painting
- canvas
- brush
- paint
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.936
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Season’s Greetings Catharine and Peter
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.04.37
- Date
- 1955
- Medium
- coloured ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.04.37
- Description
- A final version of the 1955 Christmas card. Peter is standing beside Catharine who is sitting on a stump. Peter appears to be holding Catharine’s hand. They are watching a group of animals sitting at easels painting landscapes on canvas. In the background there is a mountain range.
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- Title
- Season’s Greetings Catharine and Peter
- Date
- 1955
- Medium
- coloured ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 10.8 x 15.7 cm
- Description
- A final version of the 1955 Christmas card. Peter is standing beside Catharine who is sitting on a stump. Peter appears to be holding Catharine’s hand. They are watching a group of animals sitting at easels painting landscapes on canvas. In the background there is a mountain range.
- Subject
- Christmas card
- animal
- moose
- bear
- deer
- wolf
- squirrel
- rabbit
- bird
- mountains
- Rocky Mountains
- painting
- paint
- canvas
- easel
- art
- people
- man
- woman
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.04.37
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