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Mountain forms - Sentinel

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Artist: David More (1947 – , Canadian)

Date: 1993

Medium: black conte’ on paper

Catalogue Number: MoI.03.01

Description: Loosely sketched slopes with what appears to be a lake in the centre. Small shrubs and trees dot the landscape.

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Artist: David More (1947 – , Canadian)

Title: Mountain forms - Sentinel

Date: 1993

Medium: black conte’ on paper

Dimensions: 45.0 x 81.0 cm

Description: Loosely sketched slopes with what appears to be a lake in the centre. Small shrubs and trees dot the landscape.

Subject: mountains

Credit: Gift of David More, Benalto, 2021

Catalogue Number: MoI.03.01

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Top of Panther Falls

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Artist: David More (1947 – , Canadian)

Date: 1993

Medium: black conte’ and watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: MoI.03.02

Description: A loose black and white sketch showing a pool surrounded by rocks and emerging in a waterfall in the foreground. The pool has been painted with light blue watercolour. There is a pile of dead logs at the edge of the pool where it begins to become a waterfall.

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Artist: David More (1947 – , Canadian)

Title: Top of Panther Falls

Date: 1993

Medium: black conte’ and watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 50.5 x 50.5 cm

Description: A loose black and white sketch showing a pool surrounded by rocks and emerging in a waterfall in the foreground. The pool has been painted with light blue watercolour. There is a pile of dead logs at the edge of the pool where it begins to become a waterfall.

Subject: waterfall

Credit: Gift of David More, Benalto, 2021

Catalogue Number: MoI.03.02

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Untitled

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: conté on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.742

Description: Quick sketch of a man from the neck up. Use of red and white conte to create the dramatic image and define the man’s features.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: conté on paper

Dimensions: 13.5 x 8.2 cm

Description: Quick sketch of a man from the neck up. Use of red and white conte to create the dramatic image and define the man’s features.

Subject: portrait; man

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.742

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Untitled

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1915 – 1925

Medium: graphite; conté on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.836

Description: Three people are standing together, and two of which appear to be boys standing with a woman. One of the children is leaned back and looks like he could be laughing. The woman is standing somberly, and the second child is standing to her right and is turned looking at the viewer. Above the figures …

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1915 – 1925

Medium: graphite; conté on paper

Dimensions: 27.5 x 21.2 cm

Description: Three people are standing together, and two of which appear to be boys standing with a woman. One of the children is leaned back and looks like he could be laughing. The woman is standing somberly, and the second child is standing to her right and is turned looking at the viewer. Above the figures there is a drawing of a cup and saucer and what looks like a tie. In the background of the paper there is two more drawings. One is of a man sitting in a chair, and the other is just the outline of a face, in profile view. Near the BRC there is a small circle with lines dashed around it.

Subject: cup; saucer; tie; people; woman; children; man; chair; laughing; humour

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.836

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Untitled

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1927

Medium: conté on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.838

Description: Full figure drawing of a cowboy that is looking away from the viewer. He is wearing a cowboy hat, chaps, and in his back pocket there is a bottle labelled “xxx”. In the BRC it is signed “Peter Whyte - Nov. 4 - 1927”

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1927

Medium: conté on paper

Dimensions: 27.6 x 21.2 cm

Description: Full figure drawing of a cowboy that is looking away from the viewer. He is wearing a cowboy hat, chaps, and in his back pocket there is a bottle labelled “xxx”. In the BRC it is signed “Peter Whyte - Nov. 4 - 1927”

Subject: cowboy; man; person; cowboy hat; chaps; whisky; liquor; bottle

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.838

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Untitled

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: conté on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.878

Description: A detailed drawing of an upright drink dispenser with controlled flow nozzle. It is on an elevated platform and has gilded handles. The surface appears decorated, but it is light and shadow.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: conté on paper

Dimensions: 32.0 x 48.5 cm

Description: A detailed drawing of an upright drink dispenser with controlled flow nozzle. It is on an elevated platform and has gilded handles. The surface appears decorated, but it is light and shadow.

Subject: drink dispenser; handle; platform; utensil; drink

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.878

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: conté on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.879

Description: A detailed drawing of a marble bust head, that could be broken off at the nice. Their hair is tied back and is draped around the left shoulder.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: conté on paper

Dimensions: 32 x 48.5 cm

Description: A detailed drawing of a marble bust head, that could be broken off at the nice. Their hair is tied back and is draped around the left shoulder.

Subject: bust; marble bust; head; person

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.879

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Date: 1930 – 1966

Medium: conté on paper

Catalogue Number: Wy?.03.131

Description: A detailed anatomy drawing of a male figure from the neck down found inside a folded portfolio. The drawing is focusing structure of the muscles in the body. The model has their left hand raised above his head. Below the work is says “School of Leonardo”. Beside the drawing to the left there is two…

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Title: Untitled

Date: 1930 – 1966

Medium: conté on paper

Dimensions: 58.0 x 76.5 cm

Description: A detailed anatomy drawing of a male figure from the neck down found inside a folded portfolio. The drawing is focusing structure of the muscles in the body. The model has their left hand raised above his head. Below the work is says “School of Leonardo”. Beside the drawing to the left there is two lines of pencil running down the height of the portfolio, near one of the folds. On the left fold there is a Christmas tag that has two dogs, a woman in a blue dress, with a snowy scene behind them. On the tag it reads “From Gwen with love To Catharine + Pete I’m appallingly late! But we have had a fair amount of illness here + that does delay things!”On the verso of drawing it says “School of Leonardo L3.10x 132.58”, and in the BRC “8.C8”