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Aspens

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.110

Description: Colour: yellow, green. Across the bottom is grass, then a bank of yellow aspens across the main part of the picture. Above them, a hill can be seen and snowy peaks rise up behind into grey clouded sky.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Aspens

Date: 1950 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 30.5 x 25.5 cm

Description: Colour: yellow, green. Across the bottom is grass, then a bank of yellow aspens across the main part of the picture. Above them, a hill can be seen and snowy peaks rise up behind into grey clouded sky.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.110

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Banff Springs Famous Painting Copies and Train Poster

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 2 colour poster prints, paper, depicting copies of famous art pieces (previously framed and used as decorations in the Banff Springs Hotel), and one b&w poster of a steam train. Content pertains to paintings 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' by Vermeer and 'La Divina Commedia di Dante' b…

Date Range: [ca. 1945 - ca. 1965]; 1975

Reference Code: V500 / III / D / 5 / PA - 67 to 69 O.S.

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Poster

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: V500

Sub-Series: V500 / III / D / 5 : Personal Interest and Gifts

Accession Number: 7784

Reference Code: V500 / III / D / 5 / PA - 67 to 69 O.S.

GMD: Poster

Responsibility: Nicholas Morant

Date Range: [ca. 1945 - ca. 1965]; 1975

Physical Description: 3 Posters: colour, b&w

Scope & Content: File consists of 2 colour poster prints, paper, depicting copies of famous art pieces (previously framed and used as decorations in the Banff Springs Hotel), and one b&w poster of a steam train. Content pertains to paintings 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' by Vermeer and 'La Divina Commedia di Dante' by Domenico di Michelino; also train image with faded print effect by Midwestern Rail Association.

Notes: Painting reprint posters were stored together in a cardboard poster tube with the following text labels on the outside: "NICHOLAS MORANT BOX 1288 BANFF, ALBERTA CANADA" "OLD BSH PRINTS. BSH HOTEL - II Bldg." "O.H.M.S. FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR CANADIAN NATIONAL PARKS BRANCH OTTAWA, CANADA" 'J.C. Campbell, Esq., c/o Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alberta." (Handwritten): "These prints were originally exquisitely framed for use in rooms, suites and public rooms at the B.S.H." "OLD B.S.H. PRINTS includes PIX of 'II' Hotel" Train poster stored in poster tube labelled "DRAWINGS more to come (1, 2, 3)" with shipping address label: "Reed-Grove Ltd. 2111 East Avenue Rochester, New York 14610" "To Mr. + Mrs. Nichlas (sic) Morant Box 1288, Banff Alberta Canada". Customs label: "PARCEL POST CUSTOMS DECLARATION - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA QTY: 1 DETAILED LIST OF CONTENTS: DRAWINGS VALUE (US $): 10 FIRST CLASS"

Name Access: di Michelino, Domenico; Vermeer

Subject Access: Midwestern Rail Association; Trains; Banff Springs Hotel; Arts; Painting

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Access Restrictions: Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.

Reproduction Restrictions: Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.

Language: Latin

Conservation: Items must be stored flat within acid-free casing to prevent surface damage.

Creator: Unknown

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Bank in Dawson City

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1956

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.101

Description: Colour: blue, black, green, ochre. A road goes up from the lower center towards the right. On the right side of the road are five telegraph poles receding into the distance. On the left side are buildings. The front one is white and built of stone or brick. In the background is a hillside which goe…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Bank in Dawson City

Date: 1956

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 30.5 x 25.5 cm

Description: Colour: blue, black, green, ochre. A road goes up from the lower center towards the right. On the right side of the road are five telegraph poles receding into the distance. On the left side are buildings. The front one is white and built of stone or brick. In the background is a hillside which goes up at an angle from the left to he upper right. Clear blue sky fills in the rest.

Subject: architecture; urban

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.101

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Best Wishes Peter

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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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Bighorns, Banff

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Artist: Illingworth Holey Kerr (1905 – 1989, Canadian)

Date: 1950

Medium: felt pen on paper

Catalogue Number: KeI.09.01

Description: Spiral sketchbook with sketches of sheep, and groups of sheep in various poses and configurations. On cover Bighorns Banff One morning above vermillion lakes. 1950 inside back cover Above Vermillion Lakes 1955 Illingworth Kerr

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Artist: Illingworth Holey Kerr (1905 – 1989, Canadian)

Title: Bighorns, Banff

Date: 1950

Medium: felt pen on paper

Dimensions: 17.7` x 25.7 cm

Description: Spiral sketchbook with sketches of sheep, and groups of sheep in various poses and configurations. On cover Bighorns Banff One morning above vermillion lakes. 1950 inside back cover Above Vermillion Lakes 1955 Illingworth Kerr