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- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; ink on monogram board
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.886
- Description
- Three sketches take up a third of the page each: 1) A hunched over person walks between two stocky men. The man on the left is wearing a hat and walking with a cane, and the gentleman on the right is carrying a newspaper and smoking. They are walking into a crowd. Beside the drawing it says “IF I C…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; ink on monogram board
- Dimensions
- 39.0 x 26.3 cm
- Description
- Three sketches take up a third of the page each: 1) A hunched over person walks between two stocky men. The man on the left is wearing a hat and walking with a cane, and the gentleman on the right is carrying a newspaper and smoking. They are walking into a crowd. Beside the drawing it says “IF I CAN MANAGE TO SANDWICH MYSELF BETWEEN TWO GOOD STOUT FELLOW PEDESTRIANS ---------”, 2) A Neanderthal (appears to be) is running away from a long neck dinosaur. Beside the drawing it says “MY PREHISTORIC ANCESTOR DODGING A DINOSAUR -----------”, and 3) A man walks in front of a vehicle reading a newspaper. There is another car driving away in the opposite direction. Beside the drawing it says “I HOPPED OFF AS THE AVIATORS SAY AND WENT ACROSS THE STREET ----------”. verso: near the middle of the board there is a sketch of two pirates, one with a sword that has injured the other. Underneath the drawing it reads “QUICK, BRING ME A CHAIR I CAN’T STAND THE SIGHT OF BLOOD” Below the drawing it says “My prehistoric ancestor dodging a dinosaur If I can manage to sandwich myself between two good stout fellow pedestrians I hopped off as the aviators say and went across the street That he will ever become a mechanical bird and fly over is out of the question.”
- Subject
- people
- men
- dinosaur
- animal
- car
- newspaper
- reading
- walking
- street
- pedestrian
- cane
- smoking
- pirates
- swords
- blood
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.886
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- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.845
- Description
- Divided into thirds, there are three lines each with a set of drawings on them. The top line has a child talking to elderly man who is walking with a cane and adjusting his glasses. The child is pointing at a group of kids that are sprinting ahead of him. The second line has another child interacti…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 14.3 x 22.1 cm
- Description
- Divided into thirds, there are three lines each with a set of drawings on them. The top line has a child talking to elderly man who is walking with a cane and adjusting his glasses. The child is pointing at a group of kids that are sprinting ahead of him. The second line has another child interacting with an elderly person. To their right there is a vintage car with people inside, ahead of them is a person on a bike, and at the very front is a child in a wagon. The third line is depicting a lineup of people standing in line for the outhouse. inside the fold: near the TRC there is an ink stain and a circular drawing of arrows together
- Subject
- people
- men
- woman
- children
- car
- vintage car
- wagon
- bike
- cane
- glasses
- running
- line
- washroom
- outhouse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.845
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- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.843
- Description
- Two groups of people sitting around different tables beside each other. The first group in the foreground is a man and a woman. The man has his back to the viewer and is holding a cigarette. The woman is wearing glasses and looks like she is talking to the man. The second table is smoking as well, …
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 11.9 x 16.8 cm
- Description
- Two groups of people sitting around different tables beside each other. The first group in the foreground is a man and a woman. The man has his back to the viewer and is holding a cigarette. The woman is wearing glasses and looks like she is talking to the man. The second table is smoking as well, and is a group of two men and two woman.Verso: “The Miyaka Hotel, (Hotel Metropole) Kyoto, Japan”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.843
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- Date
- 1929 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.487
- Description
- Pencil drawing of two male figures with backs to the viewer in the foreground. They look to the background, where a family of bears is.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1929 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.2 x 27.4 cm
- Description
- Pencil drawing of two male figures with backs to the viewer in the foreground. They look to the background, where a family of bears is.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.487
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- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.714
- Description
- What appears to be a caricature of a man taking a photo of another man dressed in Indigenous regalia. In the BLC there is a rough sketch of possibly the man who holds the cameras head, and on the right hand side of the paper another rough sketch of possibly the man having his photo taken
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 23.2 x 36.5 cm
- Description
- What appears to be a caricature of a man taking a photo of another man dressed in Indigenous regalia. In the BLC there is a rough sketch of possibly the man who holds the cameras head, and on the right hand side of the paper another rough sketch of possibly the man having his photo taken
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.714
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- 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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- 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”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.738
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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.754
- Description
- Rough sketches of different groups of people raking and shovelling the ground. In the upper part of the page there is drawing of a plough attached to a vehicle that is driving down a field, with two people standing beside it with a rake.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 21.5 cm
- Description
- Rough sketches of different groups of people raking and shovelling the ground. In the upper part of the page there is drawing of a plough attached to a vehicle that is driving down a field, with two people standing beside it with a rake.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.754
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An Evolution in Leg Wear Commonly Known as Pants
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- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.755
- Description
- Simple sketches of different types of pants wore throughout a man’s life, ranging from different types of work (or lack there of) and his childhood. Beside each pair of pants they are labelled with a number and the type of pants that are drawn. In the BRC it says “AN EVOLUTION IN LEG WEAR COMMONLY …
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- Title
- An Evolution in Leg Wear Commonly Known as Pants
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 14.0 x 21.0 cm
- Description
- Simple sketches of different types of pants wore throughout a man’s life, ranging from different types of work (or lack there of) and his childhood. Beside each pair of pants they are labelled with a number and the type of pants that are drawn. In the BRC it says “AN EVOLUTION IN LEG WEAR COMMONLY KNOWN AS PANTS. GO BY THE NUMBERS”verso: in the BRC there appears to be a sketch of a man signing, above him there are images of two people that have been cut off (making it difficult to tell what they are doing), and “ato min” written. To the left of the man signing there appears to be music notes and the letters “KT”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.755
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- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.758
- Description
- A group of men use looking at the shore of some beach on a boat, one uses binoculars to get a closer look. In the TLC there is a box drawn with two circles inside showing the view from the binoculars, beside the box an arrow references that it is that man’s view. In the background there is some bea…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 11.4 x 13.3 cm
- Description
- A group of men use looking at the shore of some beach on a boat, one uses binoculars to get a closer look. In the TLC there is a box drawn with two circles inside showing the view from the binoculars, beside the box an arrow references that it is that man’s view. In the background there is some beach and mountainous range in the background. verso: two quick sketches of what looks like a helmet and some mechanical object
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.758
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- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.766
- Description
- Drawing completed in ink to depict three people (two men and one woman) scrambling up an unknown mountain. The man on a ledge at the top that has a mustache and a pack on his back is lifting the woman up by her hair as she grasps towards him, the woman is using the second man’s head as a brace, and…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 35.5 x 25.1 cm
- Description
- Drawing completed in ink to depict three people (two men and one woman) scrambling up an unknown mountain. The man on a ledge at the top that has a mustache and a pack on his back is lifting the woman up by her hair as she grasps towards him, the woman is using the second man’s head as a brace, and the third man as a disgusted look on his face and is carrying a pickaxe. In the background you can see an outline for a mountain.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.766
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- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; coloured graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.826
- Description
- A skier has found himself on a tower of snow above the other skiers. He is looking down at it the tower, with another skier to his right looking up at him. The gentleman on the hill is wearing blue pants, a white coat, a white scarf with orange details, and a blue hat. The second skier is wearing b…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; coloured graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 28.5 x 22.8 cm
- Description
- A skier has found himself on a tower of snow above the other skiers. He is looking down at it the tower, with another skier to his right looking up at him. The gentleman on the hill is wearing blue pants, a white coat, a white scarf with orange details, and a blue hat. The second skier is wearing blue pants, blue hat, and a yellow coat. In the background there are the ski tracks, and pole marks in the snow that lead back to two other skiers. Off to the right in the background there is a hill coloured in blue to suggest there is some distance. In the BLC written in blue pencil and appears to be erased “(Wrong Wax!!!)”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.826
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- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.828
- Description
- Multiple studies of some area related to travel (i.e. airport, train station, dock, etc.). Near the BLC there multiple people drawn walking in different directions, most of which are pushing their luggage on trolleys/carts or carrying their bags. Near the middle of the paper there is mostly pencil …
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.5 x 27.6 cm
- Description
- Multiple studies of some area related to travel (i.e. airport, train station, dock, etc.). Near the BLC there multiple people drawn walking in different directions, most of which are pushing their luggage on trolleys/carts or carrying their bags. Near the middle of the paper there is mostly pencil drawings of different types of luggage being sketched out. Near the centre right edge there is a drawing of one person pushing multiple bags and trunk on a trolley/cart, to the right of this there is a sketch of what appears to be mans torso and below this there is quick scribbles of ink. Near the TRC there is a person pushing a trolley/cart with multiple luggage. To the left of this drawing in the TRC there is a larger study of a group of people waiting with their baggage and a conveyor belt being manned by some worker. One of the figures waiting appears to have dropped some of their baggage.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.828
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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.831
- Description
- Multiple sketches of people. Near the bottom edge there is two sketches, one of a woman and one of a man and both are drawings of their heads. Above the man there is a sketch of a woman’s head in profile. She has her haired tied back in a bun and is carrying some nondescript objects on her head. Ne…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 24.0 x 19.5 cm
- Description
- Multiple sketches of people. Near the bottom edge there is two sketches, one of a woman and one of a man and both are drawings of their heads. Above the man there is a sketch of a woman’s head in profile. She has her haired tied back in a bun and is carrying some nondescript objects on her head. Near the BRC there is a woman walking away from the viewer, she has her hair tied in a bun and is carrying two baskets on her head. In the TRC there is another woman standing with a basket on her head with her arms out in front of her. To the right of this drawing there is a man walking. The final sketch near the TLC is a woman carrying a basket on her head and appears to be walking barefoot.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.831
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- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.839
- Description
- Boxed off in the top half of the page it is a seen of people of East Asian descent walking down what looks like a road. At the head of the line there is a man on a cart being pulled by an unknown animal. Next is a man wearing a conical hat and holding a sickle over his shoulder. There are three wom…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 19.9 x 25.6 cm
- Description
- Boxed off in the top half of the page it is a seen of people of East Asian descent walking down what looks like a road. At the head of the line there is a man on a cart being pulled by an unknown animal. Next is a man wearing a conical hat and holding a sickle over his shoulder. There are three woman behind him all carrying items on their heads. In the background there is a field, and a volcano off in the distance. Below this drawing there is a line drawn in the middle of the paper, and there is five ducks drawn on it.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.839
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- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on pencil
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.849
- Description
- There are three different images on the page. In the top half of the paper there is two sketches of men that are lifting up sacks that are filled with some sort of good. The second is a large row boat that appears to have a motor, and a number of people in it. Many are site seeing while others are …
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on pencil
- Dimensions
- 22.9 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- There are three different images on the page. In the top half of the paper there is two sketches of men that are lifting up sacks that are filled with some sort of good. The second is a large row boat that appears to have a motor, and a number of people in it. Many are site seeing while others are relaxing. The third image is of a singular person on a motorized boat, that has a cabin structure.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.849
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- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.853
- Description
- On the top half of the paper there is a sketch of a person skiing down hill, there is a tree poking out behind the hill just in front of them. Next to this image there is another drawing of a person on skis. They appear to be getting themselves strapped in. On the bottom half of the paper there is …
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.0 x 19.0 cm
- Description
- On the top half of the paper there is a sketch of a person skiing down hill, there is a tree poking out behind the hill just in front of them. Next to this image there is another drawing of a person on skis. They appear to be getting themselves strapped in. On the bottom half of the paper there is a drawing of a man that has fallen down. His skis are stuck in the snow and pointing in the air, and his poles are lifted up off the ground and pointing away from his body. The last drawing is a man standing with his poles and is near the BLC.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.853
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The Six Minute Men Stage a Light Workout
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- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.857
- Description
- A group of men are out skating and playing hockey. One has fallen over and two of them appear to be falling or about to fall. Behind the figure in the foreground (the one in the air) there are two players that are skating and not having difficult. In the background there is a person standing in the…
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- Title
- The Six Minute Men Stage a Light Workout
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.3 x 27.6 cm
- Description
- A group of men are out skating and playing hockey. One has fallen over and two of them appear to be falling or about to fall. Behind the figure in the foreground (the one in the air) there are two players that are skating and not having difficult. In the background there is a person standing in the goal minding it. Near the TLC it says “THE SIX MINUTE MEN STAGE A LIGHT WORKOUT -----------”, in the BRC it says “Peter Whyte - 28 -”, and “Drawn specially for Russ.”verso: in the TLC it says “[’Russ’ - Russell Robb II CRW’s brother Jon Whyte to 27.2.75”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.857
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- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.870
- Description
- Three separate cartoons depicting different stories about skiing. The first is two men, one in the front that appears to be struggling and one in the back of the line. There are two children and a dog inbetween the adults. The second drawing is a group of adults skiing together, one of them is look…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 18.5 x 20.2 cm
- Description
- Three separate cartoons depicting different stories about skiing. The first is two men, one in the front that appears to be struggling and one in the back of the line. There are two children and a dog inbetween the adults. The second drawing is a group of adults skiing together, one of them is looking at the viewer and the figure in the front looks like Pete’s Grandmother. Both this drawing and the first drawing depicts the groups cross country skiing. The third drawing is of a stick figure taking off their hat and walking towards something. His foot catches the end of a ski and it lifts up and hits him in the back of the head. He is shown after to be sitting on the ground with the skis asking “WHO DID THAT!!”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.870
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