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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1956 – 1956

Medium: graphite; watercolour; on paper;

Catalogue Number: WyP.09.23

Description: Flip book-style coil-bound sketchbook with pressed paper covers. “REEVES, Series 60, SKETCH BOOK” printed on the cover in black. Also written on the cover in pencil [upside-down at the bottom] is “MRS. ELMER GAUMDROUE, (MUSEUM) DAWSON, Y.T. YUKON.” Contents include sketches of various buildings ar…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1956 – 1956

Medium: graphite; watercolour; on paper;

Dimensions: 26.1 x 17.3 cm

Description: Flip book-style coil-bound sketchbook with pressed paper covers. “REEVES, Series 60, SKETCH BOOK” printed on the cover in black. Also written on the cover in pencil [upside-down at the bottom] is “MRS. ELMER GAUMDROUE, (MUSEUM) DAWSON, Y.T. YUKON.” Contents include sketches of various buildings around the town of Dawson, Yukon done during July 1956, a car Peter & Catharine helped pull out of a ditch in Northern BC, figure studies of people and animals, and buildings/attractions around Fairbanks and Homer, Alaska.

Subject: sketching; drawing; buildings; travel; automobiles; tourism; Dawson City; Yukon; Alaska; Peter Whyte; Catharine Robb Whyte;

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.09.23

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Crowfoot Glacier, Bow Lake

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1954

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.424

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Crowfoot Glacier, Bow Lake

Date: 1954

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.1 x 30.2 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake; glacier

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.424

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1944 – 1944

Medium: graphite; on paper;

Catalogue Number: WyP.09.20

Description: Pressed paper coil-bound sketchbook with dark brown covers. “ARTCRAFT SKETCH BOOK ROUGH” as well as manufacturer details printed on the front cover in black. Contents include sketches of various planes and air base scenes, as well as sketches of people dated July 1944.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1944 – 1944

Medium: graphite; on paper;

Dimensions: 25.3 x 36.1 cm

Description: Pressed paper coil-bound sketchbook with dark brown covers. “ARTCRAFT SKETCH BOOK ROUGH” as well as manufacturer details printed on the front cover in black. Contents include sketches of various planes and air base scenes, as well as sketches of people dated July 1944.

Subject: drawing; sketching; figure studies; military; World War II; airplanes; prairies; Peter Whyte;

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.09.20

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Grain Elevators, Fort McLeod

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.461

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Grain Elevators, Fort McLeod

Date: 1944

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.8 x 35.2 cm

Subject: landscape; architecture; rural; prairie

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.461

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Elevators, Fort McLeod

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: graphite on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.584

Description: Sketch only

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Elevators, Fort McLeod

Date: 1944

Medium: graphite on canvas

Dimensions: 35.6 x 46.0 cm

Description: Sketch only

Subject: architecture; rural; figure; group

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.584

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Fighter Aircraft, Vancouver Island

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1943

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.560

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Fighter Aircraft, Vancouver Island

Date: 1943

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 40.5 x 50.8 cm

Subject: mountain; World War II; transportation; airplane; automobile

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.560

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Ringrose Peak

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.464

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Ringrose Peak

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.9 x 35.2 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.464

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On the Way to Lake Oesa

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.465

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: On the Way to Lake Oesa

Date: 1941

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.7 x 35.0 cm

Subject: landscape; rocks; Canadian Rockies; mountain

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.465

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Lake O'Hara

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.425

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Lake O'Hara

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.7 x 35.0 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.425

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Skiers

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.482

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Skiers

Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.6 x 35.2 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; winter; figure; group; activity; skiing

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.482

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Lake McArthur

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.035

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Lake McArthur

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 62.2 x 75.0 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockie; mountin; lake

Credit: Gift of George K.K. (Tommy) Link, Tucson, USA, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.035

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1934 – 1934

Medium: graphite; on paper;

Catalogue Number: WyP.09.25

Description: Spiral-bound sketchbook with red and white-patterned cardboard covers and a black fabric elastic band attached to the back cover for the purpose of holding the book closed. A white paper sticker is adhered to the front cover with “Spring Block, Drawing Paper, By T.S.” printed in black on it - “Pete…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1934 – 1934

Medium: graphite; on paper;

Dimensions: 24.8 x 19.0 cm

Description: Spiral-bound sketchbook with red and white-patterned cardboard covers and a black fabric elastic band attached to the back cover for the purpose of holding the book closed. A white paper sticker is adhered to the front cover with “Spring Block, Drawing Paper, By T.S.” printed in black on it - “Peter Whyte” is written in pencil in the TLC. Contents include scene sketches from a 1934 trip to Japan by Peter and Catharine. Consists mostly of people sitting at tables presumably playing cards, Catharine reading the newspaper, figure studies, and a horse-drawn 2-wheel carriage.

Subject: sketching; drawing; figure study; newspaper; portrait; Japan; horses; Peter Whyte; Catharine Robb Whyte;

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.09.25

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1934 – 1934

Medium: graphite; watercolour; on paper;

Catalogue Number: WyP.09.26

Description: Fabric-wrapped cardboard cover Japanese sketchbook with high-quality paper pages. All pages stacked folded over each other like an accordion. Contents include figure studies and caricatures/stylized portraits of Japanese men and women, often holding umbrella - almost all of the images of women have…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1934 – 1934

Medium: graphite; watercolour; on paper;

Dimensions: 24.2 x 18.22 cm

Description: Fabric-wrapped cardboard cover Japanese sketchbook with high-quality paper pages. All pages stacked folded over each other like an accordion. Contents include figure studies and caricatures/stylized portraits of Japanese men and women, often holding umbrella - almost all of the images of women have been coloured in with watercolour paint.