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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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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1910 – 1915
Medium
graphite; on paper;
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.965
Description
A graphite pencil drawing of several cars during a race. In the center of the page is a car numbered “20” with two people visible in the open top car that has an exhaust cloud and the words “BANG, BOOM” written beside it. Ranged around this central car are five others on the track. Along the left s…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
An Auto Race
Date
1910 – 1915
Medium
graphite; on paper;
Dimensions
22.8 x 15.1 cm
Description
A graphite pencil drawing of several cars during a race. In the center of the page is a car numbered “20” with two people visible in the open top car that has an exhaust cloud and the words “BANG, BOOM” written beside it. Ranged around this central car are five others on the track. Along the left side is what appears to be an upside-down car in what is possibly the viewer stands.
Subject
drawing
children
cars
car race
Peter Whyte;
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.965
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1910 – 1915
Medium
graphite; on paper;
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.966
Description
A graphite pencil drawing of a man riding a motorcycle in profile. The figure is set back almost directly over the real wheel and is wearing tall boots, pale pants, a long-sleeve jacket, gloves, a kind of mask with an eye hole cut out, and a backwards cap. Light is indicated as coming out of a head…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1910 – 1915
Medium
graphite; on paper;
Dimensions
15.1 x 22.8 cm
Description
A graphite pencil drawing of a man riding a motorcycle in profile. The figure is set back almost directly over the real wheel and is wearing tall boots, pale pants, a long-sleeve jacket, gloves, a kind of mask with an eye hole cut out, and a backwards cap. Light is indicated as coming out of a headlight and speed/dust clouds are coming out from under the rear wheel.
Subject
drawing
children
motorcycle
Peter Whyte;
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.966
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1931 – 1934
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.300
Description
Ski scene sktech. Skier in crouched position at bottom of hill and in foreground. Five skiers behind lying at various spots who appear to have been hit by first skier. Four small figures in trc of image.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1931 – 1934
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
16.0 x 10.2 cm
Description
Ski scene sktech. Skier in crouched position at bottom of hill and in foreground. Five skiers behind lying at various spots who appear to have been hit by first skier. Four small figures in trc of image.
Subject
sketch
cartoon
skiing
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.300
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.307
Description
Three small sketches of ski scenes drawn in rectangle windows. Nine cartoon sketches are drawn of figures skiing.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
n.d.
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
25.0 x 20.0 cm
Description
Three small sketches of ski scenes drawn in rectangle windows. Nine cartoon sketches are drawn of figures skiing.
Subject
sketch
cartoon
activity
skiing
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.307
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.308
Description
A sketch of a cook serving a backcountry camp a formal dinner. Three campers around table, teepee in background.[ bottom in cursive] “-trained in Courts and Palaces the cooks, scions of noble houses, instinctively set the tables in correct Mayfair vogue.”
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
n.d.
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
21.0 x 27.5 cm
Description
A sketch of a cook serving a backcountry camp a formal dinner. Three campers around table, teepee in background.[ bottom in cursive] “-trained in Courts and Palaces the cooks, scions of noble houses, instinctively set the tables in correct Mayfair vogue.”
Subject
sketch
cartoon
activity
dining
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.308
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1955
Medium
graphite on illustration board
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.309
Description
Pencil sketch for Christmas card. Nine animals sitting on a hill looking down into a valley, a circle of teepees in the valley, mountains in distance.[across bottom] Season’s Greetings 1955 Catharine and Peterverso in pencil: vertical and horizontal rectangles
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1955
Medium
graphite on illustration board
Dimensions
23.0 x 30.5 cm
Description
Pencil sketch for Christmas card. Nine animals sitting on a hill looking down into a valley, a circle of teepees in the valley, mountains in distance.[across bottom] Season’s Greetings 1955 Catharine and Peterverso in pencil: vertical and horizontal rectangles
Subject
sketch
cartoon
Christmas card
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.309
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1920 – 1928
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.031
Description
Female figure drawing, seated 3/4 view. short hair, arm up hand touching shoulder. Female nude, facing away 3/4. Seated on simply drawn box. Right hand touching shoulder. Left hand not rendered but implied resting on box. Hair cropped at ear. Signture: noneWM: Strathmore Papere Thistle Stamp TLC
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1920 – 1928
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
74.5 x 58.0 cm
Description
Female figure drawing, seated 3/4 view. short hair, arm up hand touching shoulder. Female nude, facing away 3/4. Seated on simply drawn box. Right hand touching shoulder. Left hand not rendered but implied resting on box. Hair cropped at ear. Signture: noneWM: Strathmore Papere Thistle Stamp TLC
Subject
female
nude
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.031
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.035
Description
Storyboard/comic strip layout of First Nations travois and wagon and camp. Some feature horses, dogs, archery, and a drying or cooking rack. All drawings within the frames are lightly and sketchily rendered.Two rows of five frames = 10 separate frames, 6 cm high, 13 cm long. Frames appear to have b…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
n.d.
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
52.0 x 75.0 cm
Description
Storyboard/comic strip layout of First Nations travois and wagon and camp. Some feature horses, dogs, archery, and a drying or cooking rack. All drawings within the frames are lightly and sketchily rendered.Two rows of five frames = 10 separate frames, 6 cm high, 13 cm long. Frames appear to have been drawn with straight edge or ruler.Second drawing of stick tipi at top of page, oriented in the opposite direction.
Subject
Indigenous
camp
travois
wagon
tipi
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.035
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1916 – 1927
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.634
Description
Pencil drawing of two roosters fighting. Mounted on matte board along with WyP.03.635, WyP.03.636 and WyP.03.637
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1916 – 1927
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
17.7 x 20 cm
Description
Pencil drawing of two roosters fighting. Mounted on matte board along with WyP.03.635, WyP.03.636 and WyP.03.637
Subject
rooster
fight
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.634
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1916 – 1927
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.637
Description
Landscape of Rundle Mountain from Vermillion Lakes.Mounted on matte board along with WyP.03.634, WyP.03.635, and WyP.03.636
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1916 – 1927
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
25.3 x 20.2 cm
Description
Landscape of Rundle Mountain from Vermillion Lakes.Mounted on matte board along with WyP.03.634, WyP.03.635, and WyP.03.636
Subject
landscape
Rundle Mountain
mountain
Vermillion Lakes
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.637
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1927 – 1939
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.260
Description
Sketches of soldiers, some complete figures, some incomplete. (From his time in the army?)
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1927 – 1939
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
38.0 x 50.5 cm
Description
Sketches of soldiers, some complete figures, some incomplete. (From his time in the army?)
Subject
soldiers
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.260
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1916 – 1927
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.043
Description
Various pencil sketches of dogs in motion. There are ten partially finished figures. Some of the dogs have harnesses.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1916 – 1927
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
30.0 x 45.0 cm
Description
Various pencil sketches of dogs in motion. There are ten partially finished figures. Some of the dogs have harnesses.
Subject
dog
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.043
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1916 – 1927
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.045
Description
Portrait of seated female with no face, facing left. Sits sideways on a chair and faces viewer in 3/4 pose to viewer’s left. Wears a hat or headscarf that conceals her hair and heeled shoes. One leg is crossed over the other. The drawing is frames with roughly sketched rectangle.Scribble in TLC. “P…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1916 – 1927
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
27.5 x 21.5 cm
Description
Portrait of seated female with no face, facing left. Sits sideways on a chair and faces viewer in 3/4 pose to viewer’s left. Wears a hat or headscarf that conceals her hair and heeled shoes. One leg is crossed over the other. The drawing is frames with roughly sketched rectangle.Scribble in TLC. “Peter Whyte” written in BRC
Subject
female
figure
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.045
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1916 – 1927
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.046
Description
Seated female looking right, no face details with right arm over back of chair. Woman wears a hat or scarf that conceals her hair. He face is turned in a 3/4 pose, looking towards the viewer’s right. Drawing is enclosed in a drawn rectangular frame. Very roughly rendered with a coarse edge.“Peter W…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1916 – 1927
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
27.5 x 21.5 cm
Description
Seated female looking right, no face details with right arm over back of chair. Woman wears a hat or scarf that conceals her hair. He face is turned in a 3/4 pose, looking towards the viewer’s right. Drawing is enclosed in a drawn rectangular frame. Very roughly rendered with a coarse edge.“Peter Whyte” written in BRC
Subject
female
seated
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.046
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1916 – 1927
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.047
Description
Man standing with rifle. His profile is visible to the viewer. The rifle stands vertically on the ground and the man leans on the muzzle. Dressed in North African garb with fez hat and puffy trousers. Man has a prominent moustache.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1916 – 1927
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
21.5 x 14.5 cm
Description
Man standing with rifle. His profile is visible to the viewer. The rifle stands vertically on the ground and the man leans on the muzzle. Dressed in North African garb with fez hat and puffy trousers. Man has a prominent moustache.
Subject
man
rifle
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.047
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1916 – 1927
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.048
Description
Drawing of interior space, possibly a museum. Walls covered with paintings, large cabinet with glass cover and artifacts inside in middle of room. Walls converge at a corner, which is located in middle of drawing. One chair sits against each wall. Appears to be a study in linear perspective.“Peter …
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1916 – 1927
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
25.5 x 35.5 cm
Description
Drawing of interior space, possibly a museum. Walls covered with paintings, large cabinet with glass cover and artifacts inside in middle of room. Walls converge at a corner, which is located in middle of drawing. One chair sits against each wall. Appears to be a study in linear perspective.“Peter White” signed in BRC
Subject
museum
linear perspective
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.048
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The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1927
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.049
Description
Interior view of museum; cabinets and various art works on walls; two windows along left side. Appears to be a study in linear perspective.“MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON” in BLC“Peter White, FEB 11th” written in BRC
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Date
1925 – 1927
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
25.3 x 35.5 cm
Description
Interior view of museum; cabinets and various art works on walls; two windows along left side. Appears to be a study in linear perspective.“MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON” in BLC“Peter White, FEB 11th” written in BRC
Subject
museum
fine arts
Boston
linear perspective
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.049
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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