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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.384
Description
Pencil diagram of a circle with marks around its circumference approximately every 1.5 cm. At the top of the circle, moving clockwise, the marks are labeled: 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 17, 16, 15, 14, 12, 11, 10. At 9, LP is labeled. At 1, DOOR is labeled. At 6, 7, and 12, TRIPOD is labeled. There…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
21.3 x 27.2 cm
Description
Pencil diagram of a circle with marks around its circumference approximately every 1.5 cm. At the top of the circle, moving clockwise, the marks are labeled: 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 17, 16, 15, 14, 12, 11, 10. At 9, LP is labeled. At 1, DOOR is labeled. At 6, 7, and 12, TRIPOD is labeled. There is an asterisk in the centre of the circle.
Subject
compass
circle
diagram
drawing
numbers
Peter Whyte
tripod
door
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.384
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.812
Description
In the BL section of the paper there is a drawing depicting a street in China. There are people out doing chores and tasks and above them there is some sort of string holding items up between the two buildings, and there is signs on the sides of the buildings that are advertising what they are for.…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1929
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
25.1 x 22.8 cm
Description
In the BL section of the paper there is a drawing depicting a street in China. There are people out doing chores and tasks and above them there is some sort of string holding items up between the two buildings, and there is signs on the sides of the buildings that are advertising what they are for. Above the drawings there is multiple numbers written out in some sort of mathematical equation (addition), the words “johnwood mass”, “wood John mass.” which is circled, “TEEI”, and “TEEPEE”. Besides the word “TEEPEE” there is a drawing of one, with squiggle marks appearing to be numbers all beside it.
Subject
numbers
tipi
math
China
street
signs
people
buildings
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.812
Images
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This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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