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Native Dwellings, Philippine Islands

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
graphite; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.001
Description
A dwelling with a grass roof. Three palm trees behind and to the right. Four figures are in front. There is a ladder leaning up against the dwelling. The house is a golden colour, the people are blue and red, and trees are green and brown. It is sketchily rendered.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Native Dwellings, Philippine Islands
Date
1929
Medium
graphite; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
30.5 x 24.3 cm
Description
A dwelling with a grass roof. Three palm trees behind and to the right. Four figures are in front. There is a ladder leaning up against the dwelling. The house is a golden colour, the people are blue and red, and trees are green and brown. It is sketchily rendered.
Subject
house
Philippines
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.001
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Nikko, Japan, Iyeyasu's Mausoleum

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
graphite; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.002
Description
A many stepped stone structure on right side with a cylinder cap and Japanese-style temple roof adornment. It is coloured with green and brown with slight highlights of red. At the base and in the foreground is a stone slab with what could be offerings and a figure of a crane-like bird coloured i…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Nikko, Japan, Iyeyasu's Mausoleum
Date
1929
Medium
graphite; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
30.5 x 24.0 cm
Description
A many stepped stone structure on right side with a cylinder cap and Japanese-style temple roof adornment. It is coloured with green and brown with slight highlights of red. At the base and in the foreground is a stone slab with what could be offerings and a figure of a crane-like bird coloured in brown and green.
Subject
mausoleum
shrine
temple
Japan
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.002
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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
1938
Catalogue Number
WyP.06.04
Description
A realistic rendering of a man doing a jump turn, skis pointed off to the right, arms at sides with poles back into snow, snow trails from skis onto base which a is a wedge-shaped form, inscribed at front of base: “Peter Whyte '38”. Modelled by Peter Whyte and cast by Charlie Beil.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Gelandesprung
Date
1938
Dimensions
48.0 x 37.0 x 40.0 cm
Description
A realistic rendering of a man doing a jump turn, skis pointed off to the right, arms at sides with poles back into snow, snow trails from skis onto base which a is a wedge-shaped form, inscribed at front of base: “Peter Whyte '38”. Modelled by Peter Whyte and cast by Charlie Beil.
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971
Catalogue Number
WyP.06.04
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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
1951
Catalogue Number
WyP.06.02
Description
The bronze modelled by Peter Whyte and cast by Charlie Beil. The bronze ski jumper is in an outstretched position, the skis resting on a sphere 20.0 diameter which stands on a flat circular base, this is all on top of a black wooden base; inscribed into the bronze base is North American Ski Champio…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Ski Jumper
Date
1951
Dimensions
36.0;18.0 x 21.0;25.3 x 41.0;24.9 cm
Description
The bronze modelled by Peter Whyte and cast by Charlie Beil. The bronze ski jumper is in an outstretched position, the skis resting on a sphere 20.0 diameter which stands on a flat circular base, this is all on top of a black wooden base; inscribed into the bronze base is North American Ski Championships. Brass plates nailed on to wooden base indicating Peter Whyte Memorial Trophy and winners.
Subject
figure
activity
ski jumping
winter
Credit
Gift of Bob Leighton, 1971
Catalogue Number
WyP.06.02
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1937
Catalogue Number
WyP.06.01
Description
A realistic rendering of a male downhill skier in action, right leg and ski slightly in front of left, knees bent, elbows up holding metal ski poles. The ski poles have metal baskets soldered on to main shaft. The base is a triangular shaped piece 8.7 cm at the back tapering to the front which is 2…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Downhill Skier
Date
1937
Dimensions
29.0 x 9.5 x 28.0 cm
Description
A realistic rendering of a male downhill skier in action, right leg and ski slightly in front of left, knees bent, elbows up holding metal ski poles. The ski poles have metal baskets soldered on to main shaft. The base is a triangular shaped piece 8.7 cm at the back tapering to the front which is 2.5 cm high. The whole sculpture, excluding the poles, is painted silver.
Subject
figure
skier
activity
skiing
Credit
Gift of Bob Leighton, 1971
Catalogue Number
WyP.06.01
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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
1928
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.304
Description
Small ink and graphite sketches of cartoon figures, feet, horses, faces, and hands.Insciption: [blc] Dec. 26th/ Canada/ Catharine; [brc in cursive]: Well I wonder [ ...]everything
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1928
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
27.5 x 21.5 cm
Description
Small ink and graphite sketches of cartoon figures, feet, horses, faces, and hands.Insciption: [blc] Dec. 26th/ Canada/ Catharine; [brc in cursive]: Well I wonder [ ...]everything
Subject
sketch
cartoon
animal
horse
figure
male
female
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.304
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1928
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.305
Description
Eighteen small cartoon sketches of faces and people. Trc is a sketch of a figure fishing, blc is a sketch of a figure on a bicycle.Inscribed:[tlc] Peter Whyte Banff Alberta Canada; Peter Whyte Banff, Alberta Canada; [trc] Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1928
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
28.0 x 21.5 cm
Description
Eighteen small cartoon sketches of faces and people. Trc is a sketch of a figure fishing, blc is a sketch of a figure on a bicycle.Inscribed:[tlc] Peter Whyte Banff Alberta Canada; Peter Whyte Banff, Alberta Canada; [trc] Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass
Subject
sketch
cartoon
figure
activity
fishing
cycling
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.305
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
graphite; coloured graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.306
Description
A sketch of nine figures on bicycles carrying hockey sticks, four dogs run with the bicycles, mountains and blue sky in background.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
n.d.
Medium
graphite; coloured graphite on paper
Dimensions
18.5 x 29.0 cm
Description
A sketch of nine figures on bicycles carrying hockey sticks, four dogs run with the bicycles, mountains and blue sky in background.
Subject
sketch
cartoon
activity
cycling
animal
dog
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.306
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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; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.632
Description
Standing female figure model in pen with various preliminary sketches in pen and pencil around main figure. PIERRE LE BLANC in top left corner.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1920 – 1928
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
66 x 51 cm
Description
Standing female figure model in pen with various preliminary sketches in pen and pencil around main figure. PIERRE LE BLANC in top left corner.
Subject
female model
nude
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.632
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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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