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Fish Houses

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Artist: Stanley Wingate Woodward (1890 – 1970, American)

Date: 1929

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WoS.03.02

Description: Robb on back of frame, so was possibly purchased by Catharine before her marriage (1930) or was purchased by Catharine's mother, Edith Morse Robb.

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Artist: Stanley Wingate Woodward (1890 – 1970, American)

Title: Fish Houses

Date: 1929

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 24.0 x 18.8 cm

Description: Robb on back of frame, so was possibly purchased by Catharine before her marriage (1930) or was purchased by Catharine's mother, Edith Morse Robb.

Subject: architecture, urban

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

Catalogue Number: WoS.03.02

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Scottie Dog

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Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Date: 1929

Medium: graphite on blotting paper

Catalogue Number: PeR.03.02

Description: Inscription: Dear Mr. Gibbon - When this native of the Trossachs was interviewed he said I hope some time to attend a Scotch Festival in Banff, Canada. Pal July - 1929 London. A Scottie Dog, sitting, looking straight forward, background purple and green. Blotting paper has large ink stain upper rig…

Artist: Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American)

Title: Scottie Dog

Date: 1929

Medium: graphite on blotting paper

Dimensions: 27.8 x 21 cm

Description: Inscription: Dear Mr. Gibbon - When this native of the Trossachs was interviewed he said I hope some time to attend a Scotch Festival in Banff, Canada. Pal July - 1929 London. A Scottie Dog, sitting, looking straight forward, background purple and green. Blotting paper has large ink stain upper right corner, and numerous blottings over surface.

Subject: animal, dog

Credit: Gift of John Murray Gibbon, 1982

Catalogue Number: PeR.03.02

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Untitled

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: ink; watercolour; on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.235

Description: Drawing of two men standing beside a teepee, one smoking a pipe, as two figures on horses approach. “Greetings” written in black ink below image. Coloured in with watercolour. Left figure wears yellow, green and red striped coat (Hudson’s Bay blanket?), brimmed hat with red feather, has a yellow …

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1929

Medium: ink; watercolour; on paper

Dimensions: 15.3 x 9.3 cm

Description: Drawing of two men standing beside a teepee, one smoking a pipe, as two figures on horses approach. “Greetings” written in black ink below image. Coloured in with watercolour. Left figure wears yellow, green and red striped coat (Hudson’s Bay blanket?), brimmed hat with red feather, has a yellow face(?). Figure at right wears green brimmed hat and gray waistcoat and pants, hands are yellow and face is black.

Subject: horse; teepee; card

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.235

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Untitled

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.728

Description: A detailed sketch of the main features of a face, it appears to be a study of a man.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1929

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 7.0 x 9.0 cm

Description: A detailed sketch of the main features of a face, it appears to be a study of a man.

Subject: face; man; eyes; nose; mouth

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.728

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Untitled

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.812

Description: In the BL section of the paper there is a drawing depicting a street in China. There are people out doing chores and tasks and above them there is some sort of string holding items up between the two buildings, and there is signs on the sides of the buildings that are advertising what they are for.…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1929

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 25.1 x 22.8 cm

Description: In the BL section of the paper there is a drawing depicting a street in China. There are people out doing chores and tasks and above them there is some sort of string holding items up between the two buildings, and there is signs on the sides of the buildings that are advertising what they are for. Above the drawings there is multiple numbers written out in some sort of mathematical equation (addition), the words “johnwood mass”, “wood John mass.” which is circled, “TEEI”, and “TEEPEE”. Besides the word “TEEPEE” there is a drawing of one, with squiggle marks appearing to be numbers all beside it.

Subject: numbers; tipi; math; China; street; signs; people; buildings

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.812

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Moraine Lake

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.01

Description: General colour: blue. The lake at the bottom is banked on the right by trees and on the left in the distance by a mountain face rising out of the water. Glacier is center with five peaks visible: The central one being left of center at the very top. Sky is yellow grey and mostly in the upper right …

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Title: Moraine Lake

Date: 1929

Dimensions: 40.3 x 51.9 cm

Description: General colour: blue. The lake at the bottom is banked on the right by trees and on the left in the distance by a mountain face rising out of the water. Glacier is center with five peaks visible: The central one being left of center at the very top. Sky is yellow grey and mostly in the upper right corner.

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.01

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Untitled

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.02

Description: General colour: blue. A foreground rock cliff goes up right side from the lower corner. Center mountain face has a jagged ridge. Clouds come down to the peak at the upper right of center, edge. In the lower left corner is a distant mountain. Blue sky with one cloud fills the upper left area. There …

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1929

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 55.0 x 43.5 cm

Description: General colour: blue. A foreground rock cliff goes up right side from the lower corner. Center mountain face has a jagged ridge. Clouds come down to the peak at the upper right of center, edge. In the lower left corner is a distant mountain. Blue sky with one cloud fills the upper left area. There is also a patch of blue in the upper right corner.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.02

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Temple, Japan

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.003

Description: A gray watercoloured stone path leads back to a Japanese temple with two levels of curving roof. The path winds through a garden of stone sculptures that stand on pedestals before reaching the temple. The temple is coloured with red on the outside walls and windows are yellow and the sloping roof…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Temple, Japan

Date: 1929

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 31.0 x 24.5 cm

Description: A gray watercoloured stone path leads back to a Japanese temple with two levels of curving roof. The path winds through a garden of stone sculptures that stand on pedestals before reaching the temple. The temple is coloured with red on the outside walls and windows are yellow and the sloping roofs are green. A stone wall is to the right of the temple and behind it is a tree trunk painted in brown with two branches in yellow and green. Framing the image to the right is the beginning of a curved gable that enters into the frame but is discontinued.

Subject: temple; shrine; Japan

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.003

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Chinese Mothers, Canton, China

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: graphite; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.004

Description: A group of three adults stand center. Flanking the man in red in the center is a woman in beige to the left with a child on her back in a red pouch, and to the right another woman in light orange with a child on her back in a green pouch. Behind them is a step up on to an area where a figure in b…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Chinese Mothers, Canton, China

Date: 1929

Medium: graphite; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 26.4 x 23.0 cm

Description: A group of three adults stand center. Flanking the man in red in the center is a woman in beige to the left with a child on her back in a red pouch, and to the right another woman in light orange with a child on her back in a green pouch. Behind them is a step up on to an area where a figure in blue sits playing a flute. Behind him in the background is another figure bending over a desk, pen in hand. Setting is washed in brown and green.

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.004

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Canton, China, Typical Street Scene

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: graphite; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.005

Description: A street scene with various intensities of red, yellow, and blue signs on buildings on both sides of the street with laundry strung between. At the right a figure in blue with a sandy coloured hat sits in a doorway by some bundles. At the left a man in a sandy coloured hat carries two yellow bundl…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Canton, China, Typical Street Scene

Date: 1929

Medium: graphite; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 31.5 x 22.1 cm

Description: A street scene with various intensities of red, yellow, and blue signs on buildings on both sides of the street with laundry strung between. At the right a figure in blue with a sandy coloured hat sits in a doorway by some bundles. At the left a man in a sandy coloured hat carries two yellow bundles on a pole that he carries across his shoulders. In the background are numerous other figures.

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.005

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Untitled [Peter Whyte]

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Artist: Terence P. Bresnahan (1907 – 1972, American)

Date: 1928

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: BrT.03.01

Description: A portrait of Peter looking to the left. Peters collar is suggested with a few lines.

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Artist: Terence P. Bresnahan (1907 – 1972, American)

Title: Untitled [Peter Whyte]

Date: 1928

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 32.5 x 22.3 cm

Description: A portrait of Peter looking to the left. Peters collar is suggested with a few lines.

Subject: portrait; male; Peter Whyte

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

Catalogue Number: BrT.03.01

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Students of Art

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1928

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.647

Description: Pencil drawing of the backs of several seated people. In the blc, writing read STUDENTS OF ART, suggesting that these are pupils. Signed in cursive Peter Whyte 1928 in brc.All is enclosed in a roughly sketched rectangle.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Students of Art

Date: 1928

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 22.0 x 21.0 cm

Description: Pencil drawing of the backs of several seated people. In the blc, writing read STUDENTS OF ART, suggesting that these are pupils. Signed in cursive Peter Whyte 1928 in brc.All is enclosed in a roughly sketched rectangle.

Subject: students; pupils, Art; artists

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.647

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Ski Jumping Lake Placid

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1928

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.852

Description: Sketch of a ski jumping flying through the air. There is mountains ahead of him and the hill and trees off to the side. On the top portion of the drawing it says “SKI JUMPING LACK PLACID FEBRUARY 22ND 1929” and at the bottom of the page it says “INTERVALE HILL”. In the BLC it is signed “Peter Whyte…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Ski Jumping Lake Placid

Date: 1928

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 26.9 x 19.0 cm

Description: Sketch of a ski jumping flying through the air. There is mountains ahead of him and the hill and trees off to the side. On the top portion of the drawing it says “SKI JUMPING LACK PLACID FEBRUARY 22ND 1929” and at the bottom of the page it says “INTERVALE HILL”. In the BLC it is signed “Peter Whyte 1928”