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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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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: 1929

Medium: ink; watercolour; on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.235

Description: Drawing of two men standing beside a teepee, one smoking a pipe, as two figures on horses approach. “Greetings” written in black ink below image. Coloured in with watercolour. Left figure wears yellow, green and red striped coat (Hudson’s Bay blanket?), brimmed hat with red feather, has a yellow …

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1929

Medium: ink; watercolour; on paper

Dimensions: 15.3 x 9.3 cm

Description: Drawing of two men standing beside a teepee, one smoking a pipe, as two figures on horses approach. “Greetings” written in black ink below image. Coloured in with watercolour. Left figure wears yellow, green and red striped coat (Hudson’s Bay blanket?), brimmed hat with red feather, has a yellow face(?). Figure at right wears green brimmed hat and gray waistcoat and pants, hands are yellow and face is black.

Subject: horse; teepee; card

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.235

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1927 – 1939

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.261

Description: Ink and water colour sketch of a beach scene. In the foreground, a woman lies on her stomach reading, with her back to the viewer. She has dark skin and hair and wears an orange two-piece swimsuit. In the middleground and to the viewer’s right, two dogs play. The horizon line is punctuated by simpl…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1927 – 1939

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 31.0 x 42.0 cm

Description: Ink and water colour sketch of a beach scene. In the foreground, a woman lies on her stomach reading, with her back to the viewer. She has dark skin and hair and wears an orange two-piece swimsuit. In the middleground and to the viewer’s right, two dogs play. The horizon line is punctuated by simply-rendered figures and umbrellas of orange, white and teal. There appears to be a wave or mountain on the far left horizon. The sky is coloured in a blue wash, which is more intense at the top, but thins out as it approaches the horizon line. The drawing is enclosed in a rectangular hand-drawn frame. In TL edge, there is an orange vertical mark, and a grey vertical mark.

Subject: beach; leisure; umbrella; dogs

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.261

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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: ca. 1932 – 1933

Medium: ink; graphite on board

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.595

Description: An ink and pencil sketch that appears to advertise the Skoki Lodge. Five rectangles are arranged in a row across the middle-top of the page with various ski scenes within. Below the central rectangle read SKOKI. A pencil design in the bottom left area shows five small empty rectangles with the lett…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Skoki

Date: ca. 1932 – 1933

Medium: ink; graphite on board

Dimensions: 26.5 x 35.3 cm

Description: An ink and pencil sketch that appears to advertise the Skoki Lodge. Five rectangles are arranged in a row across the middle-top of the page with various ski scenes within. Below the central rectangle read SKOKI. A pencil design in the bottom left area shows five small empty rectangles with the letters of SKOKI divided amonst each rectangle. Above the ink scenes is written - 7 1/2 # 456 Whyte Sat 10 block [in cursive]

Subject: Skoki Lodge; ski; mountains; snow skiing; advertisement

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.595

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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: 1929 – 1966

Medium: ink; watercolour on card

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.655

Description: An ink drawing of a path left by skis down a hill towards the foreground. At the top of the hill, along the skyline, are figures on skis, upright skis, and a log cabin. The sky appears to be painted in with blue water colour. SIgn P.W. in brc and enclosed in a rectangle.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1929 – 1966

Medium: ink; watercolour on card

Dimensions: 16.2 x 10.7 cm

Description: An ink drawing of a path left by skis down a hill towards the foreground. At the top of the hill, along the skyline, are figures on skis, upright skis, and a log cabin. The sky appears to be painted in with blue water colour. SIgn P.W. in brc and enclosed in a rectangle.

Subject: skiing; skis; hill; cabin

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.655

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.737

Description: A man stands on top of the mainsail platform using his spyglass to look out. The sailboat appears to be moving about rocky water, and on one of the ropes there is a distant little flag that appears to be American. On the port side of the boat “MADOC” is written.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 11.3 x 9.0 cm

Description: A man stands on top of the mainsail platform using his spyglass to look out. The sailboat appears to be moving about rocky water, and on one of the ropes there is a distant little flag that appears to be American. On the port side of the boat “MADOC” is written.

Subject: sailboat; waves; ocean; flag; spyglass; mainsail; man; sailing; port side

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.737

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: ink; graphite; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.738

Description: Three quick drawings of two men and a child that are filled in with watercolour. Written above the child “These are just two or three figures that I saw in the station in Montreal on my way through, March 4th,” and below the men “This little English girl was awfully cute and I loved the knees. I ha…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1929

Medium: ink; graphite; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 15.0 x 10.0 cm

Description: Three quick drawings of two men and a child that are filled in with watercolour. Written above the child “These are just two or three figures that I saw in the station in Montreal on my way through, March 4th,” and below the men “This little English girl was awfully cute and I loved the knees. I have some more sketches but they are all in my sketch book. Peter”

Subject: men; girl; child; Montreal; station

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.738

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: ink; graphite; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.739

Description: Quick sketches filled in with watercolour of three men. Below man on the right there is another sketch of a man from bust up, but it is upside down. Written at the top of the paper “Sketched in the Windsor Street Station, Montreal, on a rainy March day,” and at the bottom of the page “A British Tar…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1929

Medium: ink; graphite; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 15.2 x 10.0 cm

Description: Quick sketches filled in with watercolour of three men. Below man on the right there is another sketch of a man from bust up, but it is upside down. Written at the top of the paper “Sketched in the Windsor Street Station, Montreal, on a rainy March day,” and at the bottom of the page “A British Tar on his way to the West coast. H.M.S. Vivid. March 4th 1929”

Subject: Windsor station; Montreal; rainy; men; British Tar

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.739

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: ink; graphite; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.740

Description: Three loose sketches: two are profile drawings of two men from the bust up (both wearing blue coats and hats) in the BRC and centre right, and near the centre of the page there is a profile drawing of a man in a tan coat and hat smoking a cigarette Written in the TRC “H.M.S. Vivid again. I like the…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1929

Medium: ink; graphite; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 15.0 x 10.0 cm

Description: Three loose sketches: two are profile drawings of two men from the bust up (both wearing blue coats and hats) in the BRC and centre right, and near the centre of the page there is a profile drawing of a man in a tan coat and hat smoking a cigarette Written in the TRC “H.M.S. Vivid again. I like their hats,” and in the BLC “United States Immigration office. Windsor Station Montreal”

Subject: navy; men; cigarette; hat; coat; immigration; Windsor station; Montreal

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.740

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: ink; graphite; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.750

Description: On the top half of the page there is a quick sketch in pencil done of a tradesman hammering a piece of wood on what appears to be an anvil. The drawing is then detailed in ink and filled in with watercolour in some places. On the lower half of the page there is practice signatures and practiced way…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: ink; graphite; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.2 x 16.2 cm

Description: On the top half of the page there is a quick sketch in pencil done of a tradesman hammering a piece of wood on what appears to be an anvil. The drawing is then detailed in ink and filled in with watercolour in some places. On the lower half of the page there is practice signatures and practiced ways to write “Banff,” “Alberta,” and “Canada.” There is also scribbles of ink around some of the words too.

Subject: Alberta; Canada; Banff; tradesman; working; hammer; anvil; wood

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.750

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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.