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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: coloured graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.950 y

Description: Loosely rendered drawing of scribbled out person on bucking horse.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: coloured graphite on paper

Dimensions: 21.5 x 28.0 cm

Description: Loosely rendered drawing of scribbled out person on bucking horse.

Subject: horse

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.950 y

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SKETCHES BANFF 1928

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1928 – 1928

Medium: ink; graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.09.06

Description: A sketchbook with a black spine and pressed paper cover in black and white. There is a white rectangle label with “SKETCHES BANFF 1928” written in black ink. It contains several colour sketches that have been cut out of a different sketchbook and pasted in to this one. The last two sketches have no…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: SKETCHES BANFF 1928

Date: 1928 – 1928

Medium: ink; graphite on paper

Dimensions: 25.8 x 20.2 cm

Description: A sketchbook with a black spine and pressed paper cover in black and white. There is a white rectangle label with “SKETCHES BANFF 1928” written in black ink. It contains several colour sketches that have been cut out of a different sketchbook and pasted in to this one. The last two sketches have not been attached. Subjects are figure studies of Mounties, cowboys, climbers, Indigenous Peoples, soldiers, Asian people, and skiers.

Subject: sketching; drawing; figure studies; Peter Whyte

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.09.06

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1928 – 1928

Medium: ink; graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.09.07

Description: A sketchbook with possible pressed paper cover wrapped in green fabric. Has “Sketches” printed in dark red cursive on the front cover and a 5 cm long fabric loop attached to the bottom edge of the back cover, most likely to hold a pencil. It contains several black and white ink sketches of Mounties…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1928 – 1928

Medium: ink; graphite on paper

Dimensions: 23.6 x 28.5 cm

Description: A sketchbook with possible pressed paper cover wrapped in green fabric. Has “Sketches” printed in dark red cursive on the front cover and a 5 cm long fabric loop attached to the bottom edge of the back cover, most likely to hold a pencil. It contains several black and white ink sketches of Mounties and rodeo cowboys mostly on horseback, as well as one bull rider, Indigenous Peoples, and rough sketches done in graphite.

Subject: sketches; figure studies; Mounties; rodeo; Indigenous Peoples; horses; Peter Whyte

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.09.07

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1926 – 1926

Medium: ink; graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.09.08

Description: A sketchbook with a possible pressed paper cover wrapped in green fabric. Has “Sketches” printed in dark red script on the front cover and a 5 cm long fabric loop attached to the bottom edge of the back cover, most likely to hold a pencil. There is a coloured sticker of the Chateau Frontenac, Quebe…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1926 – 1926

Medium: ink; graphite on paper

Dimensions: 26.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: A sketchbook with a possible pressed paper cover wrapped in green fabric. Has “Sketches” printed in dark red script on the front cover and a 5 cm long fabric loop attached to the bottom edge of the back cover, most likely to hold a pencil. There is a coloured sticker of the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec on the inside of the front cover and a hand-written note about the sketchbook’s contents written by Pete on the first page. It contains several black and white sketches of bands/musicians, tourists and tourism-related topics focussed primarily on Lake Louise, cowboys, camps, climbing, and graphite sketches of figures.

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.09.08

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1920 – 1935

Medium: graphite; ink; watercolour on paper;

Catalogue Number: WyP.09.02

Description: A grey fabric-bound sketchbook with “Sketches” [cursive] embossed in burgundy on the front cover and a small fabric pencil sleeve attached to the inside of the back cover that belonged to Peter Whyte. The original pages of the sketchbook seem to have been removed at some point - the book is full of…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1920 – 1935

Medium: graphite; ink; watercolour on paper;

Dimensions: 26.0 x 35.9 cm

Description: A grey fabric-bound sketchbook with “Sketches” [cursive] embossed in burgundy on the front cover and a small fabric pencil sleeve attached to the inside of the back cover that belonged to Peter Whyte. The original pages of the sketchbook seem to have been removed at some point - the book is full of loose pieces of paper, some of which may be original to the sketchbook. Sketches feature figure studies, cars, wildlife, and graded sampler sheets done by Peter as part of his coursework at the Boston School of Fine Art.

Subject: painting; drawing; Peter Whyte;

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.09.02

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Sketches

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1928 – 1928

Medium: graphite; ink; on paper;

Catalogue Number: WyP.09.15

Description: Sketchbook wrapped in brown paper secured to the inside of the covers [most likely done by Peter as the original cover can be seen through tears in the paper] with “SKETCHES, Peter Whyte, BANFF ALBERTA CANADA” written in black ink on the front cover. Contents include sketches mostly of people [incl…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Sketches

Date: 1928 – 1928

Medium: graphite; ink; on paper;

Dimensions: 26.1 x 20.1 cm

Description: Sketchbook wrapped in brown paper secured to the inside of the covers [most likely done by Peter as the original cover can be seen through tears in the paper] with “SKETCHES, Peter Whyte, BANFF ALBERTA CANADA” written in black ink on the front cover. Contents include sketches mostly of people [including children, Mounties, women, golfers, climbers, cowboys, and Indigenous People], caricatures, horses, and portraits.

Subject: drawing; sketching; portrait; caricature; horses; women; children; automobiles; Indigenous Peoples; Peter Whyte; Catharine Robb Whyte;

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.09.15

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1928 – 1935

Medium: graphite; ink; on paper;

Catalogue Number: WyP.09.18

Description: Hardcover “Punch” sketchbook with the December 26, 1928 magazine cover replicated for the cover. Contents include sketches by Peter Whyte, some just figure studies, some complete with ink and occasionally colour. Sketches include people, horses, cowboys, soldiers, faces, hands, cartoon animals, men…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1928 – 1935

Medium: graphite; ink; on paper;

Dimensions: 25.9 x 20.1 cm

Description: Hardcover “Punch” sketchbook with the December 26, 1928 magazine cover replicated for the cover. Contents include sketches by Peter Whyte, some just figure studies, some complete with ink and occasionally colour. Sketches include people, horses, cowboys, soldiers, faces, hands, cartoon animals, men in a classroom setting, airplanes in flight, cars, children, ski jumpers, people in a restaurant, people skating, and portraits.

Subject: drawing; sketching; figure studies; children; horses; curling; skating; ski jumping; Indigenous Peoples; Inuit; military; Peter Whyte; King George VI

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.09.18

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1920 – 1950

Medium: graphite; watercolour; on paper;

Catalogue Number: WyP.09.19

Description: Pressed paper coil-bound sketchbook with green covers. White paper adhesive label on front cover contains manufacturer details “Li-Rite, Sketch Pad, No. 6087” in black. Sketchbook pages are mostly empty, with only a sketch of two people on skis with their backs shown [includes a small inset at the …

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1920 – 1950

Medium: graphite; watercolour; on paper;

Dimensions: 25.0 x 36.0 cm

Description: Pressed paper coil-bound sketchbook with green covers. White paper adhesive label on front cover contains manufacturer details “Li-Rite, Sketch Pad, No. 6087” in black. Sketchbook pages are mostly empty, with only a sketch of two people on skis with their backs shown [includes a small inset at the bottom where the same scene is sketched in with watercolour paint], a rough sketch of a log building with Rundle Mountain in the background, and a rough sketch of a person on horseback.

Subject: drawing; sketching; buildings; Rundle Mountain; skiers; horses; Peter Whyte;

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.09.19

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1920 – 1950

Medium: pencil; water colour; on paper;

Catalogue Number: WyP.09.22

Description: Pressed paper flip-book style sketchbook with laminated light brown cover - “CO-MO SKETCH BOOK” and figure study sketch printed in black. “55¢” handwritten in black ink in top left corner. Sketch book contains two sketches: an unidentified Indigenous man with hair braided and tied with green wearin…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1920 – 1950

Medium: pencil; water colour; on paper;

Dimensions: 30.5 x 22.2 cm

Description: Pressed paper flip-book style sketchbook with laminated light brown cover - “CO-MO SKETCH BOOK” and figure study sketch printed in black. “55¢” handwritten in black ink in top left corner. Sketch book contains two sketches: an unidentified Indigenous man with hair braided and tied with green wearing a red shirt with green accents around the neck, and a log building with trees along the left-hand side, a fence dissapearing off to the right, and moose antlers at the apex of the roof.

Subject: sketching; drawing; Indigenous Peoples; First Nations; buildings; log cabins; Peter Whyte;

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.09.22

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1928

Medium: coloured graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.303

Description: Fifteen small cartoon sketches of rabbits, a boy, and an elderly man and woman. Drawn in blue pencil crayon.One possible interpretation of some of the sequence of drawings is a young man dreaming of transforming into a rabbit.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1928

Medium: coloured graphite on paper

Dimensions: 28.0 x 21.5 cm

Description: Fifteen small cartoon sketches of rabbits, a boy, and an elderly man and woman. Drawn in blue pencil crayon.One possible interpretation of some of the sequence of drawings is a young man dreaming of transforming into a rabbit.

Subject: sketch; cartoon; animal; rabbit; figure; male; female

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.303

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: coloured graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.319

Description: Coloured Pencil drawing in rectangle box of a slay being pulled by two horses from viewers right to left. Many figures sit in sleigh and and a man with whip stands at front. Slay is red, the background is blue and white.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: coloured graphite on paper

Dimensions: 27.8 x 21.3 cm

Description: Coloured Pencil drawing in rectangle box of a slay being pulled by two horses from viewers right to left. Many figures sit in sleigh and and a man with whip stands at front. Slay is red, the background is blue and white.

Subject: Sleigh; Winter

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.319

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1920 – 1928

Medium: coloured graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.640

Description: Anatomical drawing in indigo coloured pencil of a posterior view of a man. Only the shoulders to below the buttocks is visible.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1920 – 1928

Medium: coloured graphite on paper

Dimensions: 33.0 x 25.5 cm

Description: Anatomical drawing in indigo coloured pencil of a posterior view of a man. Only the shoulders to below the buttocks is visible.

Subject: anatomy; figure

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.640

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1920 – 1928

Medium: coloured graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.641

Description: Anatomical drawing, in indigo coloured pencil, of the right side of a male body, starting at shoulders and terminating below the buttocks. The right arm has been removed to show a full view of the chest.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1920 – 1928

Medium: coloured graphite on paper

Dimensions: 33.0 x 25.5 cm

Description: Anatomical drawing, in indigo coloured pencil, of the right side of a male body, starting at shoulders and terminating below the buttocks. The right arm has been removed to show a full view of the chest.

Subject: anatomy; figure

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.641

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1920 – 1928

Medium: coloured graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.643

Description: Anatomical sketch in indigo coloured pencil of the anterior view of a nude male body. Only shoulders to upper-thigh are visible.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1920 – 1928

Medium: coloured graphite on paper

Dimensions: 33.0 x 25.5 cm

Description: Anatomical sketch in indigo coloured pencil of the anterior view of a nude male body. Only shoulders to upper-thigh are visible.

Subject: anatomy; figure

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.643

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1927

Medium: coloured graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.905

Description: A man wearing a vest and a tall fez. He has his right leg lifted up onto an elevated step, with his right hand resting under his jaw and his arm resting on top of his leg. He is looking off into the distance with a solemn look.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1927

Medium: coloured graphite on paper

Dimensions: 36.2 x 25.5 cm

Description: A man wearing a vest and a tall fez. He has his right leg lifted up onto an elevated step, with his right hand resting under his jaw and his arm resting on top of his leg. He is looking off into the distance with a solemn look.