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Ancient Meeting
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactkia.04.10
- Date
- 1960
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KiA.04.10
- Description
- Two figures face each other, irregularly shaped people, the woman with a baby on her back. She also has a tail or the long end of her parka. The couple appear animated, each has a hand outstretched. Brc artist and printer's chops in red, Dorset chop in black.
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- Title
- Ancient Meeting
- Date
- 1960
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 63.7 x 48.3 cm
- Description
- Two figures face each other, irregularly shaped people, the woman with a baby on her back. She also has a tail or the long end of her parka. The couple appear animated, each has a hand outstretched. Brc artist and printer's chops in red, Dorset chop in black.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- KiA.04.10
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Any Shoelaces Mister?
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.073
- Date
- 1924
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.073
- Description
- Two men, one with pipe walking dog, one sitting. Obviously windy.
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- Title
- Any Shoelaces Mister?
- Date
- 1924
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 28.4 x 19.4 cm
- Description
- Two men, one with pipe walking dog, one sitting. Obviously windy.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.073
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- Date
- 1917 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.527
- Description
- A pencil drawing of a leafless tree
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- Title
- Apple Tree
- Date
- 1917 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.1 x 22.5 cm
- Description
- A pencil drawing of a leafless tree
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.527
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Around the World in One Month
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.746
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.746
- Description
- A simple sketch of a man in a fancy vehicle wearing a mask driving off. There appears to be a sign erased to the left of the car. The hood ornament looks like a little man with giant hands. In the TRC it says “AROUND THE WORLD IN ONE MONTH,” on the vehicle is says “WHITE CAR,” and it is signed in t…
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- Title
- Around the World in One Month
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 22.8 cm
- Description
- A simple sketch of a man in a fancy vehicle wearing a mask driving off. There appears to be a sign erased to the left of the car. The hood ornament looks like a little man with giant hands. In the TRC it says “AROUND THE WORLD IN ONE MONTH,” on the vehicle is says “WHITE CAR,” and it is signed in the BLC
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.746
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The Backyard Rink
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactevl.04.02
- Date
- 1987
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- EvL.04.02
- Description
- It is dusk and winter in the mountains. In the foreground is a fence with a willow tree to the right. There is a cat perched on the fence watching the children in the background playing hockey. There is a house with a lighted window to the left. A string of lights from the house across the yard …
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- Title
- The Backyard Rink
- Date
- 1987
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 42.0 x 58.0 cm
- Description
- It is dusk and winter in the mountains. In the foreground is a fence with a willow tree to the right. There is a cat perched on the fence watching the children in the background playing hockey. There is a house with a lighted window to the left. A string of lights from the house across the yard illuminates the ice rink which dominates the middle right. Three boys are playing hockey and a girl in a yellow snowsuit is sitting on the ice. Trees and mountains are in the background.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- tree
- winter ice rink
- children
- activity, ice hockey
- animal, cat
- architecture
- Credit
- Gift of Linda Evans, Canmore, 1993
- Catalogue Number
- EvL.04.02
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Banff Winter Carnival
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.834
- Date
- 1924 – 1925
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.834
- Description
- In the top section of the poster design there is a cartoon drawing of a man in a suit jacket, vest, and tie flying through the air on skis. He has no poles in his hands suggesting that he could be ski jumping. Below the man there is three distinct mountains, with clouds behind them, and trees frami…
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- Title
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Date
- 1924 – 1925
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 45.1 x 29.7 cm
- Description
- In the top section of the poster design there is a cartoon drawing of a man in a suit jacket, vest, and tie flying through the air on skis. He has no poles in his hands suggesting that he could be ski jumping. Below the man there is three distinct mountains, with clouds behind them, and trees framing the the edges of the drawing. Below the drawing it says “WITH APOLOGIES TO DEBECK”, “Peter White - 1924”, and “Banff WINTER CARNIVAL - FEBRUARY 7-14. 1925 - The Peoples Playground SKI-ING SWIMMING SKATING TOBOGGANING, ETC.” Surrounding the inscription it is bordered with 3mm design: two lines running parallel to each other with circles drawn in the middle.
- Subject
- winter
- sports
- snow
- mountains
- Rocky Mountains
- Banff
- Winter Carnival
- skiing
- swimming
- skating
- tobogganing
- skijumping
- man
- suit
- suit jacket
- vest
- tie
- skis
- trees
- clouds
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 0
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.834
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- Date
- 1931
- Medium
- oil on canvas on cardboard
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.025
- Description
- A large tree next to water.
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- Title
- Bermuda
- Date
- 1931
- Medium
- oil on canvas on cardboard
- Dimensions
- 12.6 x 17.8 cm
- Description
- A large tree next to water.
- Subject
- seascape, Caribbean
- botanical
- tree
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.025
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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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Blackfoot Brave
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactdgn.04.05
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- print on paper
- Catalogue Number
- DgN.04.05
- Description
- A print reproduction of a pastel drawing. Dominating the drawing is an older man. The man has tan skin and long black hair that is tied in two braids. He is looking off to the viewer’s right. There are feathers in the man’s hair, three on the left and one large feather extending out of frame on the…
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- Title
- Blackfoot Brave
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- print on paper
- Dimensions
- 61.0 x 48.2 cm
- Description
- A print reproduction of a pastel drawing. Dominating the drawing is an older man. The man has tan skin and long black hair that is tied in two braids. He is looking off to the viewer’s right. There are feathers in the man’s hair, three on the left and one large feather extending out of frame on the right. He is wearing a beaded necklace that is white, green and red. The background is white, green and brown. The artist signature is written in red in the bottom left corner and also written on the print in blue ink in the bottom rhc, “N de Grandmaison Canada 1972.” There is a small black ink copyright symbol in the bottom rhc. Underneath the image along the bottom edge on the left in black ink, “Lithographed in Canada” and along the right, “Copyrighted by N. deGrandmaison in Canada and United States and published by The Last Arrow Ltd.” At centre under the image in black print is the title, “Blackfoot Brave”. Au verso, in grey print in the brhc, “This print is No. “Y’ - 977 of a limited edition”.
- Subject
- portrait
- Indigenous
- man
- Nicolas de Grandmaison
- Credit
- Gift of Nicolas Jr. de Grandmaison, Vancouver, 2011
- Catalogue Number
- DgN.04.05
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The Blind Cannot see Patterns
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcmc.04.03
- Date
- 1975
- Medium
- lithograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CmC.04.03
- Description
- Lithograph plate is pressed through paper but no ink was used. Only the pattern from the plate was pressed into the paper. Abstract figure under a tree.
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- Title
- The Blind Cannot see Patterns
- Date
- 1975
- Medium
- lithograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 48.9 x 37.4 cm
- Description
- Lithograph plate is pressed through paper but no ink was used. Only the pattern from the plate was pressed into the paper. Abstract figure under a tree.
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2003
- Catalogue Number
- CmC.04.03
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Blossoms - Concord
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.040
- Date
- 1927 – 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.040
- Description
- Two large trees on the left side of image, pink blossoms
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- Title
- Blossoms - Concord
- Date
- 1927 – 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 20.4 x 24.8 cm
- Description
- Two large trees on the left side of image, pink blossoms
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.040
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- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.504
- Description
- Two sidedThe naked upper branches of a tree on front sideVerso: a tree trunk with shrubs at its base gets cut off at top of page
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- Title
- Branches
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.3 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- Two sidedThe naked upper branches of a tree on front sideVerso: a tree trunk with shrubs at its base gets cut off at top of page
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.504
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- Date
- 1916 – 1927
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.084
- Description
- Full figure rough sketch of man sitting with right elbow on knee and chin on right fist.
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- Title
- Charlie
- Date
- 1916 – 1927
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 23 cm
- Description
- Full figure rough sketch of man sitting with right elbow on knee and chin on right fist.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.084
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The Cook, Louis Hill, and old dog Dooley
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsij.05.08
- Date
- 1964
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.08
- Description
- Colour: blue, green. A figure and a dog stand by a fire over which are hanging two pots - left of center. Right is a tent and surrounding this in the front is snow and behind snow and trees.
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- Title
- The Cook, Louis Hill, and old dog Dooley
- Date
- 1964
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 16.5 x 11.4 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, green. A figure and a dog stand by a fire over which are hanging two pots - left of center. Right is a tent and surrounding this in the front is snow and behind snow and trees.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.08
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Cowboy on Bucking Bronco
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactper.04.07
- Date
- c. 1930
- Medium
- etching
- Catalogue Number
- PeR.04.07
- Description
- Centered in the picture is a bucking horse, all four feet off the ground. A cowboy holds the halter rope in his left hand while his right hand holds his cowboy hat high in the air.
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- Title
- Cowboy on Bucking Bronco
- Date
- c. 1930
- Medium
- etching
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 29.8 cm
- Description
- Centered in the picture is a bucking horse, all four feet off the ground. A cowboy holds the halter rope in his left hand while his right hand holds his cowboy hat high in the air.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- PeR.04.07
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Drunk Last Night... Drunk the Night Before [I]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.621
- Date
- 1921
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.621
- Description
- Ink cartoon drawing of a man in a top hat and tuxedo yawning amongst musical notes. His squinting eyes are represented by crosses on his face. In the bottom left corner, the words DRUNK LAST NIGHT/ DRUNK THE NIGHT BEFORE appear. Signed P.W /21 in bottom left.
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- Title
- Drunk Last Night... Drunk the Night Before [I]
- Date
- 1921
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.0 x 14.5 cm
- Description
- Ink cartoon drawing of a man in a top hat and tuxedo yawning amongst musical notes. His squinting eyes are represented by crosses on his face. In the bottom left corner, the words DRUNK LAST NIGHT/ DRUNK THE NIGHT BEFORE appear. Signed P.W /21 in bottom left.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.621
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Drunk Last Night... Drunk the Night Before [II]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.623
- Date
- 1922
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.623
- Description
- An ink cartoon drawing of a very tall thin man in a tuxedo ramming his head into a lamppost as he walks down a street. He wears a top hat, white gloves, and spats. There is a brick wall behind him. Below the drawing is the inscription DRUNK LAST NIGHT/ DRUNK THE NIGHT BEFOREsigned P.W /22. in brc
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- Title
- Drunk Last Night... Drunk the Night Before [II]
- Date
- 1922
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.0 x 14.5 cm
- Description
- An ink cartoon drawing of a very tall thin man in a tuxedo ramming his head into a lamppost as he walks down a street. He wears a top hat, white gloves, and spats. There is a brick wall behind him. Below the drawing is the inscription DRUNK LAST NIGHT/ DRUNK THE NIGHT BEFOREsigned P.W /22. in brc
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.623
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Father Jean Louis Levern
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactdgn.02.04
- Date
- 1945
- Medium
- painting on board
- Catalogue Number
- DgN.02.04
- Description
- An oil painting portrait of a man. An elderly man dominates the painting. The man has grey hair and is wearing a black high-necked coat with a large gold cross hanging on a black string around his neck. The background is a yellow-brown. The primary colours used are black, brown, yellow and red. The…
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- Title
- Father Jean Louis Levern
- Date
- 1945
- Medium
- painting on board
- Dimensions
- 59.0 x 41.7 cm
- Description
- An oil painting portrait of a man. An elderly man dominates the painting. The man has grey hair and is wearing a black high-necked coat with a large gold cross hanging on a black string around his neck. The background is a yellow-brown. The primary colours used are black, brown, yellow and red. The bottom of the canvas is unfinished/ left blank except for the artist signature in pencil in the blhc and in the brhc, “F. J. Levern, A.M.I - 1945 Cardston, Alberta”. Au verso, in black ink in the top lhc, “# 47”. And left of centre near the bottom is a piece of white paper with black text taped onto the board, see Narrative.
- Subject
- portrait
- man
- priest
- Nicolas de Grandmaison
- Credit
- Gift of Nicolas Jr. de Grandmaison, Vancouver, 2011
- Catalogue Number
- DgN.02.04
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- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on board
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.506
- Description
- Pencil drawing of line of coniferous trees
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- Title
- Forest View
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on board
- Dimensions
- 22.5 x 37.0 cm
- Description
- Pencil drawing of line of coniferous trees
- Subject
- tree
- landscape
- coniferous
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.506
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- Date
- 1916 – 1928
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.083
- Description
- Full figure sketch of man standing in suit with hands in pants pockets.
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- Title
- Gordon
- Date
- 1916 – 1928
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 23 cm
- Description
- Full figure sketch of man standing in suit with hands in pants pockets.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.083
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