objectType:"Drawing" found 32 records - Research Collections

Catharine and Peter Season’s Greetings

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1960

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.939

Description: Christmas card drawing. A group of animals are painting canvases that are resting on easels. They are facing the viewer suggesting they could be painting you. Below the drawing it says “CATHARINE AND PETER SEASON’S GREETINGS” and in the TRC “164”

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Catharine and Peter Season’s Greetings

Date: 1930 – 1960

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Dimensions: 17.7 x 25.9 cm

Description: Christmas card drawing. A group of animals are painting canvases that are resting on easels. They are facing the viewer suggesting they could be painting you. Below the drawing it says “CATHARINE AND PETER SEASON’S GREETINGS” and in the TRC “164”

Subject: animal; moose; bird; squirrel; mouse; deer; bear; rabbit; wolf; easel; canvas; paint; painting; brush; palette; Christmas card

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.939

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Dear Jon

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Artist: Dennis Burton (1933 – 2013, Canadian)

Date: 1981

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: BuD.03.16

Description: Letter to Jon in black india ink. “454 EAST 8TH AVE APT 204VANCOUVER BCV5T 1S7, 4:20PM, APRIL 5/81DEAR JON:YOUR EPIC POEM HAS BEEN OF GREAT, GREAT INSPIRATION. I HAD DONE NO WORK OF MY OWN SINCE LAST SUMMER, WHEN I DID THE ONE HUNDRED DRAWINGS OF VANCOUVER GIRLS, CEASING ABOUT AUGUST 9TH. BUT WHEN …

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Artist: Dennis Burton (1933 – 2013, Canadian)

Title: Dear Jon

Date: 1981

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 58.45 x 43.2 cm

Description: Letter to Jon in black india ink. “454 EAST 8TH AVE APT 204VANCOUVER BCV5T 1S7, 4:20PM, APRIL 5/81DEAR JON:YOUR EPIC POEM HAS BEEN OF GREAT, GREAT INSPIRATION. I HAD DONE NO WORK OF MY OWN SINCE LAST SUMMER, WHEN I DID THE ONE HUNDRED DRAWINGS OF VANCOUVER GIRLS, CEASING ABOUT AUGUST 9TH. BUT WHEN I HEARD YOUR KELSEY UNCALCIFIED, I FRIED! THE HEAT OF THE POWER OF THE IMAGERY PROMPTED SERIES 1 & 11, THE BEST OF WHICH ARE ENCLOSED HEREWITH. THIS IS PERHAPS NOT WHAT YOU EXPECTED, NOT WHAT YOU FORESAW, BUT IT IS MY IMMEDIATE TWO-WEEK RESPONSE TO THE WORK. I RECALLED MY DRIVE WEST THIS LAST TIME_SEPT. 1RST TO 5TH ‘79 PLUS THE RECALLS OF THE TRIPS WEST WARD AND EASTWARD = 1950 (4) 1951 (4) 1952 (4) 1953 (4) 1955 (2) 1956 (0) 1957 (4) 1958 (2) 1959 (0) 1960 (0) 1961 (2) 1962 (0) 1963 (3) 1964 (0) 1965 (0) 1966 (2) 1967 (2) 1968 (2) 1969 (2) 1970 (0) 1971 (2) 1971 (2) 1972 (2) 1973 (2) 1974 (2) 1975 (2) 1976 (2) 1977 (0) 1978 (2) 1979 (4). BY AIR * BY TRAIN * ALL THE REST BY AUTOMOBILE, VIA U.S.A, VIA CANADA, 1980 * (2) TOTAL 59 TIMES!SO SERIES 1 : 17 OF 25 AND SERIES 11: 8 OF 26. I DECIDED TO DISREGARD THE LIMITATIONS OF NUMBERS OF COLOURS.THESE WERE EXECUTED IN CHIN-CHIN AND PELIKAN INDIA INK IN PR. PH MARTINS CONCENTRATED TRANSPARENT WATER COLOUR (INKS) ON CARTRIDGE PAPER 18” X 24”LOVE, WRITE SOON HENRY HNRKELSEY KLES BOOK OF : DENNIS BURTON”

Subject: Henry Kelsey; Jon Whyte; Hommage

Credit: Gift of Katherine Govier, Toronto, 2020

Catalogue Number: BuD.03.16

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HK series I / 2

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Artist: Dennis Burton (1933 – 2013, Canadian)

Date: 1981

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: BuD.03.03

Description: Abstract. Top background is blue. Two large white shapes, one outlined with yellow and black the other outlined with orange. In the middle two large red objects.

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Artist: Dennis Burton (1933 – 2013, Canadian)

Title: HK series I / 2

Date: 1981

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 58.45 x 43.2 cm

Description: Abstract. Top background is blue. Two large white shapes, one outlined with yellow and black the other outlined with orange. In the middle two large red objects.