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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
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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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
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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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1916 – 1927
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.082
Description
Full figure rough sketch of woman wearing skirt with hands on hips.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Helen
Date
1916 – 1927
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
30.5 x 23 cm
Description
Full figure rough sketch of woman wearing skirt with hands on hips.
Subject
woman
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.082
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Seasons Greetings Peter and Catharine 1954

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1954
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.799
Description
Peter and Catharine are sitting on stools at their easels painting a mountain landscape in front of them. There is a group of animals sitting around them watching them paint. On the bottom edge of the drawing it says “SEASONS GREETINGS 1954 PETER AND CATHARINE”verso: rough sketch of the same drawin…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Seasons Greetings Peter and Catharine 1954
Date
1954
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
21.1 x 27.6 cm
Description
Peter and Catharine are sitting on stools at their easels painting a mountain landscape in front of them. There is a group of animals sitting around them watching them paint. On the bottom edge of the drawing it says “SEASONS GREETINGS 1954 PETER AND CATHARINE”verso: rough sketch of the same drawing that is on the front side. This image though is only of Peter painting, a rough idea of where Catharine would be sitting, and the moose.
Subject
Christmas card
painting
paint
brushes
hat
easel
canvas
birds
mountain range
mountain
grass
stump
moose
bear
deer
squirrel
wolf
stool
man
woman
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.799
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.730
Description
A profile sketch of a woman. Simple detail in the face, with emphasis on her hair, drawing does begin from the bust up.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
11.8 x 8.8 cm
Description
A profile sketch of a woman. Simple detail in the face, with emphasis on her hair, drawing does begin from the bust up.
Subject
profile
woman
collared blouse
hair
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.730
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.754
Description
Rough sketches of different groups of people raking and shovelling the ground. In the upper part of the page there is drawing of a plough attached to a vehicle that is driving down a field, with two people standing beside it with a rake.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
28.0 x 21.5 cm
Description
Rough sketches of different groups of people raking and shovelling the ground. In the upper part of the page there is drawing of a plough attached to a vehicle that is driving down a field, with two people standing beside it with a rake.
Subject
people
men
woman
rake
shovel
plough
vehicle
field
working
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.754
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930 – 1960
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.774
Description
Framed by an orange border of a card face, a drawing of Catharine and Peter sitting in there home. Catharine is knitting in her chair as Peter sits and reads the paper. On the walls there is two paintings and in the big window a group of animals is watching them. The drawing is adhered onto the ora…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1930 – 1960
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
12.0 x 15.7 cm
Description
Framed by an orange border of a card face, a drawing of Catharine and Peter sitting in there home. Catharine is knitting in her chair as Peter sits and reads the paper. On the walls there is two paintings and in the big window a group of animals is watching them. The drawing is adhered onto the orange front of another piece of paper. inside the fold: the paper is actually made into a card, and on the inside in pencil is says “SEASONS GREETINGS”
Subject
orange
card
Christmas card
man
woman
reading
newspaper
house
chairs
knitting
paintings
window
moose
bird
bear
dear
wolf
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.774
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1955
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.804
Description
Ten small drawings of different activities occurring. 1) three people are walking over a hill with a couple of animals, 2) a group of people appear to be travelling in a convoy with a horse dragging goods behind it, 3) a group of people on horses moving across the land, 4) a person on a horse that …
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1955
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
21.3 x 27.7 cm
Description
Ten small drawings of different activities occurring. 1) three people are walking over a hill with a couple of animals, 2) a group of people appear to be travelling in a convoy with a horse dragging goods behind it, 3) a group of people on horses moving across the land, 4) a person on a horse that is pulling supplies are coming up over a hill, there are tipis off in the background, 5) a group in a wagon follow behind another heading towards the mountains, 6) possibly a small hut with a person, and there is a hide stretched out on poles, 7) a group of people have assembled in an open area outdoors, 8) a person who appears to have a some sort of head ornament on is preparing to shoot an arrow with their bow, 9) a wooden drying rack with meat hanging from it, in front of it there looks like two people are sitting on the ground, and 10) a group of huts lined up near trees, there appears to be smoke coming out of ventilation areas on the roof. verso: a sketch of the 1955 Christmas card, another boxed off drawing of a person appearing to be playing a drum, a drawing that has some similarities to “Seven Teepees” (though completed about 20 years earlier, and a final boxed off drawing of a native man wearing a headdress.
Subject
tanning
hide
meat
meat drying
wagon
horse
people
hut
bow and arrow
tipi
headdress
Christmas card
moose
bear
deer
squirrel
man
woman
painting
easel
canvas
paint brush
music
drum
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.804
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930 – 1940
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.806
Description
In the drawing on the top half of the paper there are four figures in a line moving across a landscape with a mountain range infront of them. The drawing in the lower half is broken into three boxes, the first has what looks like Pete’s grandmother going up over a hill with her skis in the air and …
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1930 – 1940
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
21.3 x 26.4 cm
Description
In the drawing on the top half of the paper there are four figures in a line moving across a landscape with a mountain range infront of them. The drawing in the lower half is broken into three boxes, the first has what looks like Pete’s grandmother going up over a hill with her skis in the air and her poles supporting her, while in the second drawing there is a skier going down a hill, with another at the top behind them, and in the background there is a mountain, and in the the final drawing it is a male figure (potentially Peter) on a set of skis holding poles with Pete’s grandma standing beside him on her own skis with poles looking up at him.
Subject
ski
skiing
jump
poles
scarf
grandma
man
woman
snow
winter
mountains
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.806
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.816
Description
The top of the page is a couple of people on horses galloping down a road, in front of them there is a wagon that has some people in the back and is being pulled by a horse. Below the drawing there are sketches of a man wearing chaps, the wagon that is used in the drawing above, a back of a man wea…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
28.0 x 21.9 cm
Description
The top of the page is a couple of people on horses galloping down a road, in front of them there is a wagon that has some people in the back and is being pulled by a horse. Below the drawing there are sketches of a man wearing chaps, the wagon that is used in the drawing above, a back of a man wearing a cowboy hat, a horse, a woman carrying a child on her back, and a wagon with a man in it.
Subject
wagonl
horse
woman
child
man
chaps
convoy
road
cowboy hat
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.816
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.821
Description
Grandma appears to be going over a ridge when her skis go up in the air and she is supporting herself on her poles. Her left pole breaks underneath her and you can see a look of fear on her face. She is wearing pants, a jacket, hat and a scarf. In the distance you can see three people skiing away f…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
21.7 x 27.5 cm
Description
Grandma appears to be going over a ridge when her skis go up in the air and she is supporting herself on her poles. Her left pole breaks underneath her and you can see a look of fear on her face. She is wearing pants, a jacket, hat and a scarf. In the distance you can see three people skiing away from her - one resembles how Peter would draw himself.
Subject
skiing
winter
snow
skis
poles
people
woman
scarf
jacket
hat
pants
mountain
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.821
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1920 – 1940
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.830
Description
A quick sketch of a woman walking. She has bare feet and is wearing a dress that is long sleeve, the neckline starts at her neck, and goes down to her ankles. On her head she is has a cloth wrapped around her hair, and she is holding a basket up on her head with her left hand. The basket looks like…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1920 – 1940
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
24.0 x 19.5 cm
Description
A quick sketch of a woman walking. She has bare feet and is wearing a dress that is long sleeve, the neckline starts at her neck, and goes down to her ankles. On her head she is has a cloth wrapped around her hair, and she is holding a basket up on her head with her left hand. The basket looks like it has fruit in it. To the right of this sketch there is a looser sketch of the same woman, however it is of her walking away this time.
Subject
person
woman
walking
barefoot
dress
head wrap
hat
basket
food
fruit
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.830
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1920 – 1940
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.831
Description
Multiple sketches of people. Near the bottom edge there is two sketches, one of a woman and one of a man and both are drawings of their heads. Above the man there is a sketch of a woman’s head in profile. She has her haired tied back in a bun and is carrying some nondescript objects on her head. Ne…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1920 – 1940
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
24.0 x 19.5 cm
Description
Multiple sketches of people. Near the bottom edge there is two sketches, one of a woman and one of a man and both are drawings of their heads. Above the man there is a sketch of a woman’s head in profile. She has her haired tied back in a bun and is carrying some nondescript objects on her head. Near the BRC there is a woman walking away from the viewer, she has her hair tied in a bun and is carrying two baskets on her head. In the TRC there is another woman standing with a basket on her head with her arms out in front of her. To the right of this drawing there is a man walking. The final sketch near the TLC is a woman carrying a basket on her head and appears to be walking barefoot.
Subject
people
men
woman
walking
baskets
barefoot
dresses
robes
clothing
clothes
hair
hairstyles
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.831
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1927
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.841
Description
A woman standing barefoot, wearing a head wrap and a dress. She is looking out to the right and her left hand is on her hip, while the right is gesturing to objects behind her.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1927
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
27.5 x 21.2 cm
Description
A woman standing barefoot, wearing a head wrap and a dress. She is looking out to the right and her left hand is on her hip, while the right is gesturing to objects behind her.
Subject
person
woman
dress
head wrap
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.841
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.842
Description
In the TLC there is a drawing of a monument, it has a large platform with a tall column extending up from the middle with a statue on top. Below this drawing there is a drawing of two people (a man and a woman) hiking. They carry walking sticks, and on their hiking boots they have they have crampon…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
28.1 x 21.3 cm
Description
In the TLC there is a drawing of a monument, it has a large platform with a tall column extending up from the middle with a statue on top. Below this drawing there is a drawing of two people (a man and a woman) hiking. They carry walking sticks, and on their hiking boots they have they have crampons. As such this drawing would suggest it was taking place in winter.
Subject
monument
statue
people
man
woman
walking stick
hiking
winter
hiking boots
shoes
crampons
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.842
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.843
Description
Two groups of people sitting around different tables beside each other. The first group in the foreground is a man and a woman. The man has his back to the viewer and is holding a cigarette. The woman is wearing glasses and looks like she is talking to the man. The second table is smoking as well, …
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
11.9 x 16.8 cm
Description
Two groups of people sitting around different tables beside each other. The first group in the foreground is a man and a woman. The man has his back to the viewer and is holding a cigarette. The woman is wearing glasses and looks like she is talking to the man. The second table is smoking as well, and is a group of two men and two woman.Verso: “The Miyaka Hotel, (Hotel Metropole) Kyoto, Japan”
Subject
people
men
woman
glasses
chairs
tables
cigarettes
smoking
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.843
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.845
Description
Divided into thirds, there are three lines each with a set of drawings on them. The top line has a child talking to elderly man who is walking with a cane and adjusting his glasses. The child is pointing at a group of kids that are sprinting ahead of him. The second line has another child interacti…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
14.3 x 22.1 cm
Description
Divided into thirds, there are three lines each with a set of drawings on them. The top line has a child talking to elderly man who is walking with a cane and adjusting his glasses. The child is pointing at a group of kids that are sprinting ahead of him. The second line has another child interacting with an elderly person. To their right there is a vintage car with people inside, ahead of them is a person on a bike, and at the very front is a child in a wagon. The third line is depicting a lineup of people standing in line for the outhouse. inside the fold: near the TRC there is an ink stain and a circular drawing of arrows together
Subject
people
men
woman
children
car
vintage car
wagon
bike
cane
glasses
running
line
washroom
outhouse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.845
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.848
Description
Three people are sitting around a table together. One is a woman who has her right up where her chin can rest on. There is a second person that has their back to the viewer. The third person, a man, has a cigarette in his mouth. verso: “The Miyaka Hotel, (Hotel Metropole) Kyoto, Japan”
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
11.9 x 16.2 cm
Description
Three people are sitting around a table together. One is a woman who has her right up where her chin can rest on. There is a second person that has their back to the viewer. The third person, a man, has a cigarette in his mouth. verso: “The Miyaka Hotel, (Hotel Metropole) Kyoto, Japan”
Subject
people
man
woman
smoking
smoke
cigarette
hate
table
chair
sitting
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.848
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930 – 1960
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.871
Description
Inside of a house that has two people (Peter and Catharine) sitting in their chairs framing the window. There are two paintings on the wall, and then a group of animals looking in the window at them. Peter is reading a newspaper and Catharine is knitting.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1930 – 1960
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
14.0 x 21.5 cm
Description
Inside of a house that has two people (Peter and Catharine) sitting in their chairs framing the window. There are two paintings on the wall, and then a group of animals looking in the window at them. Peter is reading a newspaper and Catharine is knitting.
Subject
Christmas Card
people
man
woman
animals
moose
bear
deer
chairs
furniture
house
painting
newspaper
knitting
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.871
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1915 – 1925
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.929
Description
An older woman with a long nose has her hair tied up on top of her head and is wearing glasses. Above her there is the initial sketch of a horses head that is wearing a bridle. Below her is says “Mrs. Amarilla McPrynose” and to the right of her is says “Who is at present suing a newly married coupl…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1915 – 1925
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
18.9 x 14.8 cm
Description
An older woman with a long nose has her hair tied up on top of her head and is wearing glasses. Above her there is the initial sketch of a horses head that is wearing a bridle. Below her is says “Mrs. Amarilla McPrynose” and to the right of her is says “Who is at present suing a newly married couple for expenses caused by cold in her right eye. She caught the cold in the eye looking through the keyhole at them”.
Subject
person
woman
eye wear
glasses
animal
horse
bridle
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.929
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.943
Description
Two people, a man and a woman, are standing together looking up through a window in the ceiling . Below them it says “---------AND MUTTERED THE MENACING AND CABALISTIC WORDS”TWO DOLLARS”.”
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
46.7 x 35.5 cm
Description
Two people, a man and a woman, are standing together looking up through a window in the ceiling . Below them it says “---------AND MUTTERED THE MENACING AND CABALISTIC WORDS”TWO DOLLARS”.”
Subject
people
man
woman
window
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.943
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