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Old Woman

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1927

Medium: graphite; coloured graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.765

Description: A fast figure drawing initially done in pencil is filled with coloured pencil to add depth and dimension to the figure. The woman is shoeless, resting on a cane in her right hand, and is wearing a colourful wrap on her head. Behind her there is some sort of structure that is three-tiered.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Old Woman

Date: 1927

Medium: graphite; coloured graphite on paper

Dimensions: 35.5 x 25.5 cm

Description: A fast figure drawing initially done in pencil is filled with coloured pencil to add depth and dimension to the figure. The woman is shoeless, resting on a cane in her right hand, and is wearing a colourful wrap on her head. Behind her there is some sort of structure that is three-tiered.

Subject: head wrap; cane; dress; woman; bare feet; tiered structure

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.765

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Untitled

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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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Untitled

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.841

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.