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Across the Southern States to the Blue Pacific and Vancouver

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.375
Description
Side 1: Pencil drawing of car driving on a highway to the viewer’s right and into the distance. Other more roughly sketched vehicles are in oncoming lanes. A sign to the right of the road reads: ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES/ TO THE PACIFIC AND/ VANCOUVERIn the top left corner, the number 13 is circle…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Across the Southern States to the Blue Pacific and Vancouver
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
14.5 x 21.0 cm
Description
Side 1: Pencil drawing of car driving on a highway to the viewer’s right and into the distance. Other more roughly sketched vehicles are in oncoming lanes. A sign to the right of the road reads: ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES/ TO THE PACIFIC AND/ VANCOUVERIn the top left corner, the number 13 is circled.Side 2: Pencil drawing of a car driving through a landscape of rolling hills. Mountains are barely visible in the background. This illustration is in a rectangular box. Below this box is a rectangle that is divided into four.
Subject
car
landscape
Peter Whyte
drawing
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.375
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Artist
Kiakshuk (1886 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1960
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
KiA.04.10
Description
Two figures face each other, irregularly shaped people, the woman with a baby on her back. She also has a tail or the long end of her parka. The couple appear animated, each has a hand outstretched. Brc artist and printer's chops in red, Dorset chop in black.
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Artist
Kiakshuk (1886 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Ancient Meeting
Date
1960
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
63.7 x 48.3 cm
Description
Two figures face each other, irregularly shaped people, the woman with a baby on her back. She also has a tail or the long end of her parka. The couple appear animated, each has a hand outstretched. Brc artist and printer's chops in red, Dorset chop in black.
Subject
figure
man
woman
baby
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
KiA.04.10
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1938
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.263
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Andalsnes, Norway
Date
1938
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.2 x 34.8 cm
Subject
landscape
Norway
mountain
Peter Whyte
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.263
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1944
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.265
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Ansons near Calgary
Date
1944
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.6 x 35.0 cm
Subject
military
transportation, airplane
Peter Whyte
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.265
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Any Shoelaces Mister?

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1924
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.073
Description
Two men, one with pipe walking dog, one sitting. Obviously windy.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Any Shoelaces Mister?
Date
1924
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
28.4 x 19.4 cm
Description
Two men, one with pipe walking dog, one sitting. Obviously windy.
Subject
man
dog
wind
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.073
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1917 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.527
Description
A pencil drawing of a leafless tree
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Apple Tree
Date
1917 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
15.1 x 22.5 cm
Description
A pencil drawing of a leafless tree
Subject
tree
apple
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.527
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Date
n.d.
Material
wood; cork
Catalogue Number
104.39.0032 a-h
Description
8 assorted flat paint palettes. a) dark reddish brown wood; curved shape with cutout at wide side and round thumb hole next to cut out. Thick deposits of dried paint residue at one edge. \b) 25.5 cm x 31.5 cm. Plain rectangular board with slight curved indent in one short side. c) 25.5 cm x 31.5 cm…
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Title
Arm Palette
Date
n.d.
Material
wood; cork
Dimensions
34.0 x 50.0 cm
Description
8 assorted flat paint palettes. a) dark reddish brown wood; curved shape with cutout at wide side and round thumb hole next to cut out. Thick deposits of dried paint residue at one edge. \b) 25.5 cm x 31.5 cm. Plain rectangular board with slight curved indent in one short side. c) 25.5 cm x 31.5 cm. Plain rectangular board with slight curved indent in one short side. Darker wood than b.d) 24.5 cm x 35.0 cm. Light cork board with two pushpins and one nail in it. Paint residue along sides. e) 26.5 cm x 31.5 cm. Rectangular board with very small indent at lower left side. Brass screw near middle of opposite edge. Paint residue along two sides. f)25.5 cm x 32.5 cm. Rectangular board with one curved corner and oblong thumb hole near that corner. Paint residue all over. g) 23.5 cm x 33.5 cm. Rectangular board with one curved corner. Oval thumb hole near that corner with rectangle of brown tape beside it. Paint residue all over but thicker around edges. h) 28.0 cm x 37.0 cm. Rectangular board with curved indent along one short edge and oval thumb hole above indent. Paint residue all over.
Subject
Whyte home
painting supplies
art supplies
Peter Whyte
Catharine Robb Whyte
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.39.0032 a-h
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Around the World in One Month

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.746
Description
A simple sketch of a man in a fancy vehicle wearing a mask driving off. There appears to be a sign erased to the left of the car. The hood ornament looks like a little man with giant hands. In the TRC it says “AROUND THE WORLD IN ONE MONTH,” on the vehicle is says “WHITE CAR,” and it is signed in t…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Around the World in One Month
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
15.0 x 22.8 cm
Description
A simple sketch of a man in a fancy vehicle wearing a mask driving off. There appears to be a sign erased to the left of the car. The hood ornament looks like a little man with giant hands. In the TRC it says “AROUND THE WORLD IN ONE MONTH,” on the vehicle is says “WHITE CAR,” and it is signed in the BLC
Subject
driving
mask
man
vehicle
ornament
race
world
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.746
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1910 – 1920
Medium
on paper; card;
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.964
Description
A handmade portfolio with “ART” written in black ink across the cover underneath a rectangular watercolour painting of a sailboat with pink and green rocks on the right-hand edge, black hills in the background, and “Lila” signed in the bottom left corner. The painting is bordered in black ink. The …
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Art
Date
1910 – 1920
Medium
on paper; card;
Dimensions
33.5 x 25.8 cm
Description
A handmade portfolio with “ART” written in black ink across the cover underneath a rectangular watercolour painting of a sailboat with pink and green rocks on the right-hand edge, black hills in the background, and “Lila” signed in the bottom left corner. The painting is bordered in black ink. The pieces of the portfolio are made of green-grey paper wrapped around a piece of cardstock, sealed on the inside with a decorative page consisting of hand-drawn black and yellow hexagons with simple floral designs inside them. The covers are held together with a length of red cord wound through three holes punched along one edge. There is an additional hole punched in the middle of the open edge.
Subject
art supplies
paintings
drawings
Peter Whyte
Lila White;
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.964
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Date
n.d.
Material
wood; graphite; charcoal
Catalogue Number
104.39.0019 a-u
Description
A collection of 21 pencils of varying sizes and types of lead. a) 1.3cm x 15.3 cm x 0.5cm. Flat green pencil with graphite lead. “GARRY” stamped in silver on one side. b) 1.5 cm x 15.0 cm x 15.0 cm. Hexagonal blue pencil with blue lead. Part of the exterior paint has been chiseled off and “W” has b…
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Title
Art Pencil
Date
n.d.
Material
wood; graphite; charcoal
Dimensions
1.3 x 15.3 cm
Description
A collection of 21 pencils of varying sizes and types of lead. a) 1.3cm x 15.3 cm x 0.5cm. Flat green pencil with graphite lead. “GARRY” stamped in silver on one side. b) 1.5 cm x 15.0 cm x 15.0 cm. Hexagonal blue pencil with blue lead. Part of the exterior paint has been chiseled off and “W” has been written in pencil. Other letters illegible. c) 1.0 cm x 15.0 cm x 1.0 cm. Typically shaped pencil. White exterior with “MARCO LIMITED PHONE 22348 - CALGARY Building Supplies & Specialties Flinthole Cold Process Roofing” stamped in red and green. Eraser opposite graphite lead. d) 1.0 cm x 14.0 cm x 1.0 cm. Typically shaped grease pencil. Green exterior. illegible words stamped in silver,. Line of shallow circles up shaft. e) 0.7 cm x 12.5 cm x 0.7 cm. Typically shaped pencil. Blue exterior with “MADE BY L&C HARDTMUTH CZECHOSLOVAKIA”. Graphite lead. f) 0.8 cm x 11.5 cm x 0.7 cm. Typically shaped pencil with charcoal lead. Illegible words stamped in gold that end in “N0 3 FRANCE” g) 0.7 cm x 11.5 cm x 0.7 cm. Typically shaped pencil with eraser at one end and graphite lead at the other. Green exterior with illegible writing.h) 0.5 cm x 10.5 cm x 0.5 cm. Typically shaped pencil with graphite lead. Blue exterior. i) 0.8 cm x 8.7 cm x 0.8 cm. Typically shaped pencil. Red lead. [..son’s best lake red - 321 1/2” stamped in gold. j) 0.7 cm x 9.0 cm x 0.7 cm. Typically shaped pencil with eraser at one end and graphite lead at the other. Gold exterior. k) 0.8 cm x 7.3 cm x 0.7 cm. Typically shaped pencil with very worn eraser at one end and graphite lead at the other. Ferrule squished. Yellow exterior. l) 0.6 cm x 6.7 cm x 0.6 cm. Typically shaped pencil with eraser at one end and graphite lead at the other. Blue exterior with [...950 #2 HB” stamped in silver. m) 0.3 cm x 7.0 cm x 0.3 cm. Typically shaped pencil with metal end cap and graphite lead. Brown exterior. n) 0.7 cm x 6.3 cm x 0,7 cm. Hexagonal pencil with mottled pink and purple exterior. Graphite lead. o) 0.6 cm x 6.0 cm x 0.6 cm. Typically shaped pencil with graphite lead. Gold exterior. p) 0.8 cm x 5.6 cm x 0.8 cm. Hexagonal pencil fragment. Broken before point. Graphite lead. Scale-pattered green and black exterior with gold letting “6B VENUS...” q) 0.6 cm x 5.0 cm x 0.6 cm. Typically shaped pencil, graphite lead, periwinkle exterior. r) 0.7 cm x 4.9 x 0.7. Hexagonal pencil, red exterior, graphite lead. s) 0.7 cm x 5.0 cm x 0.7 cm. Hexagonal pencil, blue exterior. Eraser at one end graphite at other end. Green tape around ferrule. t) 0.6 cm x 5.1 x 0.6 cm. Typically shaped pencil with eraser at one end and graphite lead at the other. Green exterior. u) 0.6 cm x 3.4 cm x 0.6 cm. Hexagonal pencil, graphite lead, Faint red exterior.
Subject
Whyte home
Peter Whyte
Catharine Robb Whyte
artist supplies
painting
sketching
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.39.0019 a-u
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Date
1920 – 1979
Material
metal; skin; wood
Catalogue Number
104.39.1002
Description
Wooden paint box with metal hinges and a leather handle. Inside the box there are three compartments containing 6 oil paint tubes, 7 brushes and 1 pencil.
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Title
Artist Box
Date
1920 – 1979
Material
metal; skin; wood
Description
Wooden paint box with metal hinges and a leather handle. Inside the box there are three compartments containing 6 oil paint tubes, 7 brushes and 1 pencil.
Subject
Peter Whyte
Catharine Robb Whyte
artists
painting
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
104.39.1002
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Date
n.d.
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
104.39.0024 a-c
Description
Set of three oil paints. (a) reads “Artists’ Oil Colour PAYNE’S GRAY” with “Series 1B” on the side. (b) reads “Artists’ Oil Colour VIRIDIAN (EMERALD OXIDE OF CHROMIUM)” and reads “Series 3” on the side. and (c) reads “Artists’ Oil Colour CERULEAN BLUE” and reads “Series 3” on the side. All three tu…
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Title
Artist Paint
Date
n.d.
Material
metal
Dimensions
9.0, 8.0, 7.5 x 4.0, 4.0, 4.0 cm
Description
Set of three oil paints. (a) reads “Artists’ Oil Colour PAYNE’S GRAY” with “Series 1B” on the side. (b) reads “Artists’ Oil Colour VIRIDIAN (EMERALD OXIDE OF CHROMIUM)” and reads “Series 3” on the side. and (c) reads “Artists’ Oil Colour CERULEAN BLUE” and reads “Series 3” on the side. All three tubes have been used and rolled at the end. The blue colour has been used most, then veridian, then the gray.
Subject
Whyte Home
painting
art
artist
supplies
Peter Whyte
Catharine Robb Whyte
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.39.0024 a-c
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Date
n.d.
Material
fabric; metal; wood
Catalogue Number
104.39.0021
Description
Artist’s box for carrying sketches. Wooden box with grooves to keep oil paintings separated. Box within a canvas vag with front buckles and leather strap that wraps around the width and buckles at the top. “WHYTE BANFF ALTA” is written on the canvas near the top.
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Title
Artist’s Box
Date
n.d.
Material
fabric; metal; wood
Dimensions
29.0 x 36.5 cm
Description
Artist’s box for carrying sketches. Wooden box with grooves to keep oil paintings separated. Box within a canvas vag with front buckles and leather strap that wraps around the width and buckles at the top. “WHYTE BANFF ALTA” is written on the canvas near the top.
Subject
Whyte home
Peter Whyte
Catharine Robb Whyte
painting
art supplies
artist
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.39.0021
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Date
n.d.
Material
wood; metal
Catalogue Number
104.39.0036
Description
A rectangular wooden box with a hunted lid that is held in place with two hooks on either side.Inside are 10 large slots with 1 small slots next to them for separating paintings on board in transit.
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Title
Artist’s Box
Date
n.d.
Material
wood; metal
Dimensions
32.0 x 14.5 x 39.0 cm
Description
A rectangular wooden box with a hunted lid that is held in place with two hooks on either side.Inside are 10 large slots with 1 small slots next to them for separating paintings on board in transit.
Subject
Whyte home
painting
art supplies
Peter Whyte
Catharine Robb Whyte
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.39.0036
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Date
n.d.
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
103.09.0143 a-c
Description
A set of three small pins, all round with “NORTH AMERICAN SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS” around edge and a silver image of North America on a blue enamel background in the centre. A has 4 spokes emerging from circle (likely to represent skis). Engraved on the back of (a) is “3RD SLALOM BANFF 50 ECON SCHOEPF”.…
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Title
Award Pin
Date
n.d.
Material
metal
Dimensions
1.7 x 1.7 cm
Description
A set of three small pins, all round with “NORTH AMERICAN SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS” around edge and a silver image of North America on a blue enamel background in the centre. A has 4 spokes emerging from circle (likely to represent skis). Engraved on the back of (a) is “3RD SLALOM BANFF 50 ECON SCHOEPF”. Engraved on the back of (b) is “BANFF ‘50” and “STERLING”; on the back of (c) is “BANFF ‘50 PETER WHYTE” and “14K”. Each has a straight pin with a clasp that turns and locks.
Subject
Whyte home
awards
skiing
Peter Whyte
Banff
events
sports
prize
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.09.0143 a-c
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Artist
Linda Evans (1949 – , Canadian)
Date
1987
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
EvL.04.02
Description
It is dusk and winter in the mountains. In the foreground is a fence with a willow tree to the right. There is a cat perched on the fence watching the children in the background playing hockey. There is a house with a lighted window to the left. A string of lights from the house across the yard …
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Artist
Linda Evans (1949 – , Canadian)
Title
The Backyard Rink
Date
1987
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
42.0 x 58.0 cm
Description
It is dusk and winter in the mountains. In the foreground is a fence with a willow tree to the right. There is a cat perched on the fence watching the children in the background playing hockey. There is a house with a lighted window to the left. A string of lights from the house across the yard illuminates the ice rink which dominates the middle right. Three boys are playing hockey and a girl in a yellow snowsuit is sitting on the ice. Trees and mountains are in the background.
Subject
landscape
mountain
tree
winter ice rink
children
activity, ice hockey
animal, cat
architecture
Credit
Gift of Linda Evans, Canmore, 1993
Catalogue Number
EvL.04.02
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Banff Winter Carnival

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1924 – 1925
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.834
Description
In the top section of the poster design there is a cartoon drawing of a man in a suit jacket, vest, and tie flying through the air on skis. He has no poles in his hands suggesting that he could be ski jumping. Below the man there is three distinct mountains, with clouds behind them, and trees frami…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Banff Winter Carnival
Date
1924 – 1925
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
45.1 x 29.7 cm
Description
In the top section of the poster design there is a cartoon drawing of a man in a suit jacket, vest, and tie flying through the air on skis. He has no poles in his hands suggesting that he could be ski jumping. Below the man there is three distinct mountains, with clouds behind them, and trees framing the the edges of the drawing. Below the drawing it says “WITH APOLOGIES TO DEBECK”, “Peter White - 1924”, and “Banff WINTER CARNIVAL - FEBRUARY 7-14. 1925 - The Peoples Playground SKI-ING SWIMMING SKATING TOBOGGANING, ETC.” Surrounding the inscription it is bordered with 3mm design: two lines running parallel to each other with circles drawn in the middle.
Subject
winter
sports
snow
mountains
Rocky Mountains
Banff
Winter Carnival
skiing
swimming
skating
tobogganing
skijumping
man
suit
suit jacket
vest
tie
skis
trees
clouds
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 0
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.834
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Date
1910 – 1930
Material
glass; skin
Catalogue Number
103.03.3003 a,b
Description
High top moccasins with floral design with light blue, dark blue, red, white, green, pink, silver and one yellow bud on each foot. The hide around the top opening is pinked. Each moccasin has long thong laces. The soles of both moccasins have been patched. Tag in CRW's writing: "Moccasins that …
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Title
Beaded Moccasins
Date
1910 – 1930
Material
glass; skin
Dimensions
20.0 x 11.0 x 26.0 cm
Description
High top moccasins with floral design with light blue, dark blue, red, white, green, pink, silver and one yellow bud on each foot. The hide around the top opening is pinked. Each moccasin has long thong laces. The soles of both moccasins have been patched. Tag in CRW's writing: "Moccasins that belonged to David Bearspaw & only 2 pair were left in bottom of trunk when he died & Mrs Bearspaw gave one pair to her son Johnny & one pair to her son Pete Mrs Bearspaw made them."
Subject
Indigenous
Stoney
David Bearspaw
Peter Whyte
regalia
beadwork
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.03.3003 a,b
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1931
Medium
oil on canvas on cardboard
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.025
Description
A large tree next to water.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Bermuda
Date
1931
Medium
oil on canvas on cardboard
Dimensions
12.6 x 17.8 cm
Description
A large tree next to water.
Subject
seascape, Caribbean
botanical
tree
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.025
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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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