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- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite; on paper;
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.16
- Description
- Metal coil-bound sketchbook with patterned black and white covers - the back cover has a green tint to the white parts, unsure if this was the original colour and the front cover is simply faded or if the back cover was dyed or tinted green later. Front cover has adhered paper label with manufactur…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite; on paper;
- Dimensions
- 25.1 x 21.0 cm
- Description
- Metal coil-bound sketchbook with patterned black and white covers - the back cover has a green tint to the white parts, unsure if this was the original colour and the front cover is simply faded or if the back cover was dyed or tinted green later. Front cover has adhered paper label with manufacturer name and space for an owner’s name - brand reads “GYRAL, Patent Pending.” Contents include sketches of possible Christmas cards, figure studies, notes, skiers, church/funeral scenes from Morley, sketches for paintings, geometric plans for tepees, and more.
- Subject
- drawing
- sketching
- skiing
- Indigenous Peoples
- tepees
- Morely
- Stoney Nakoda
- Peter Whyte
- Catharine Robb Whyte;
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.16
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Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter 1951
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.721
- Date
- 1951
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.721
- Description
- A detailed sketch of the 1951 Christmas card. Catharine is cooking up some food at the rear of the vehicle, while Peter is facing the mountains reading a newspaper. In the foreground there are multiple animals surrounding the couple, and mountains in the background. On the top edge “SEASONS GREETIN…
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- Title
- Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter 1951
- Date
- 1951
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.4 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- A detailed sketch of the 1951 Christmas card. Catharine is cooking up some food at the rear of the vehicle, while Peter is facing the mountains reading a newspaper. In the foreground there are multiple animals surrounding the couple, and mountains in the background. On the top edge “SEASONS GREETINGS,” and “CATHARINE AND PETER” and “Peter Whyte 1951” is written on the bottom edge.
- Subject
- Christmas card
- car
- reading
- mountains
- cooking
- couple
- moose
- deer
- bird
- rabbit
- wolf
- bear
- squirrel
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.721
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- Date
- 1951
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.720
- Description
- A rough sketch of the 1951 Christmas card. Catharine is cooking at the back of the vehicle while Peter appears to be reading at the front. They are surrounding by animals with birds flying in the sky.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1951
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.7 x 27.9 cm
- Description
- A rough sketch of the 1951 Christmas card. Catharine is cooking at the back of the vehicle while Peter appears to be reading at the front. They are surrounding by animals with birds flying in the sky.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.720
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Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.719
- Date
- 1947
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.719
- Description
- A rough sketch of the 1947 Christmas card. A figure stands in the opening of the Dutch door while the animals surround the cabin. Written on the top edge “SEASONS GREETINGS,” along the bottom edge “CATHARINE AND PETER,” “Peter Whyte BANFF.” Near the BRC “6 1/2” and close to the TRC “3 1/2,” besides…
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- Title
- Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter
- Date
- 1947
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 10.0 x 15.9 cm
- Description
- A rough sketch of the 1947 Christmas card. A figure stands in the opening of the Dutch door while the animals surround the cabin. Written on the top edge “SEASONS GREETINGS,” along the bottom edge “CATHARINE AND PETER,” “Peter Whyte BANFF.” Near the BRC “6 1/2” and close to the TRC “3 1/2,” besides both numbers it appears to say “inches.”verso: landscape with an artist sitting at the top of the hill painting, there is a plane and a mountain in the background. In the BLC there are ink scribbles and “Peter Whyte” as a practice signature and the initials “P.W.”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.719
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Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter 1947
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.718
- Date
- 1947
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.718
- Description
- A detailed sketch of the 1947 Christmas card. Animals join Catharine at the Dutch door of her home where she is serving them some food. On the top edge of drawing is reads “SEASONS GREETINGS” and along the bottom of the page “CATHARINE AND PETER” and “Peter Whyte 47 BANFF.” In the BLC “Catharine” i…
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- Title
- Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter 1947
- Date
- 1947
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 14.0 x 21.3 cm
- Description
- A detailed sketch of the 1947 Christmas card. Animals join Catharine at the Dutch door of her home where she is serving them some food. On the top edge of drawing is reads “SEASONS GREETINGS” and along the bottom of the page “CATHARINE AND PETER” and “Peter Whyte 47 BANFF.” In the BLC “Catharine” is written.Inside the fold of the paper you can see a simple sketch of the floor plan of their cabin (main level), and inside one room it reads “kitchen.” On the bottom half of the page there is multiple squirrels drawn out. verso: there is a rough sketch of what looks like a landscape, with multiple birds drawn around it.
- Subject
- Christmas card
- cabin
- winter
- food
- moose
- deer
- bird
- squirrel
- floor plan
- kitchen
- wolf
- bear
- Banff
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.718
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Seasons Grettings Catharine and Peter 1947
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.717
- Date
- 1947
- Medium
- ink; graphite; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.717
- Description
- Detailed sketch of the 1947 Christmas card. Catharine is in her home serving the animals some kind of food from the Dutch door. On the top section of the drawing it reads “SEASONS GREETINGS” and in the BLC of the sketch “CATHARINE AND PETER.” In the BRC of the sketch you can see the faint signature…
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- Title
- Seasons Grettings Catharine and Peter 1947
- Date
- 1947
- Medium
- ink; graphite; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.6 x 23.3 cm
- Description
- Detailed sketch of the 1947 Christmas card. Catharine is in her home serving the animals some kind of food from the Dutch door. On the top section of the drawing it reads “SEASONS GREETINGS” and in the BLC of the sketch “CATHARINE AND PETER.” In the BRC of the sketch you can see the faint signature of Peter, and the year writen as “’47.”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.717
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- Date
- 1948
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.708
- Description
- Loose sketch of 1948 Christmas card with two larger versions of the moose being practiced. In TR section there are two ink scribbles, while in BLC there is a blue watercolour marks.Verso: loose sketch of a moose head and a jeep, more black ink scribbles, BRC there is a small box, and two practice s…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1948
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 20.8 x 27.7 cm
- Description
- Loose sketch of 1948 Christmas card with two larger versions of the moose being practiced. In TR section there are two ink scribbles, while in BLC there is a blue watercolour marks.Verso: loose sketch of a moose head and a jeep, more black ink scribbles, BRC there is a small box, and two practice signatures near TRC
- Subject
- Christmas card
- jeep
- moose
- mountains
- people
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.708
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A Merry Christmas to Mother Robb from Peter
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.707
- Date
- 1948
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.707
- Description
- Sketch of the Whyte’s home during winter with a loosely drawn version of Cascade mountain behind it. Various animals walking up to and from the house. Under BLC of the border it says “A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO MOTHER ROBB FROM PETER”, and in BRC the the suggested dimensions of “6 1/2 x 8”
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- Title
- A Merry Christmas to Mother Robb from Peter
- Date
- 1948
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.6 x 27.4 cm
- Description
- Sketch of the Whyte’s home during winter with a loosely drawn version of Cascade mountain behind it. Various animals walking up to and from the house. Under BLC of the border it says “A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO MOTHER ROBB FROM PETER”, and in BRC the the suggested dimensions of “6 1/2 x 8”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.707
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- Date
- 1947
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.696
- Description
- Man sitting on mountain ledge painting on a canvas and easel setup, with his skis off to the side. “P.W.” is initialed below the skis
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1947
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 30.5 cm
- Description
- Man sitting on mountain ledge painting on a canvas and easel setup, with his skis off to the side. “P.W.” is initialed below the skis
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.696
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- Date
- 1954 – 1961
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.787
- Description
- Two sketches for Christmas cards on the top half of the page. The larger of the two is a group of animals in a nondescript room, each doing something a different at there own tables. The smaller of the two drawings is the same scene repeated, however there is an additional animal that appears to be…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1954 – 1961
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 16.9 x 24.0 cm
- Description
- Two sketches for Christmas cards on the top half of the page. The larger of the two is a group of animals in a nondescript room, each doing something a different at there own tables. The smaller of the two drawings is the same scene repeated, however there is an additional animal that appears to be looking out a window. verso: in the BLC there are two postage stamps, one 2 cent Jefferson stamp and a 4 cent Lincoln stamp. On top of them there is a black ink stamped on top. In the BRC is says “The Junior League of Boston, Inc. 117 NEWBERRY STREET, BOSTON 16, MASSACHUSETTS”. Near the middle is says “MRS. Peter Whyte Box 370 Banff, Alberta Canada”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.787
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- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.668
- Description
- men marching to the right of the page with dog leading the way
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 24 x 31.5 cm
- Description
- men marching to the right of the page with dog leading the way
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.668
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- Date
- 1949
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.401
- Description
- side 1: woodland animals are moving in and out of a houseSEASONS GREETINGS [tlc]CATHARINE AND PETER [blc] [brc] P.W. -49[verso central, cursive] Crag and Canyon
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1949
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 27.8 cm
- Description
- side 1: woodland animals are moving in and out of a houseSEASONS GREETINGS [tlc]CATHARINE AND PETER [blc] [brc] P.W. -49[verso central, cursive] Crag and Canyon
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.401
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- Date
- 1940 – 1945
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.296
- Description
- Pencil drawing of scene with a bonfire and crowd. Buildings frame left side while a car frames the right edge. A crowd of people surround the central bonfire. On the left, a woman with a baby carriage walks towards the bonfire. There are two Union Jacks near the car and mountains in the background.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1940 – 1945
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 38.0 x 50.5 cm
- Description
- Pencil drawing of scene with a bonfire and crowd. Buildings frame left side while a car frames the right edge. A crowd of people surround the central bonfire. On the left, a woman with a baby carriage walks towards the bonfire. There are two Union Jacks near the car and mountains in the background.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.296
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- Date
- 1940 – 1945
- Medium
- charcoal on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.295
- Description
- Charcoal drawing of scene where large crowd gathers in the mountains. There are buildings to the left and right. A bonfire with smoke pluming to the top left corner is located in the centre-right. Union jacks and the hood of a car are to the right of the bonfire. There are many abstract figures in …
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1940 – 1945
- Medium
- charcoal on paper
- Dimensions
- 41.0 x 51.0 cm
- Description
- Charcoal drawing of scene where large crowd gathers in the mountains. There are buildings to the left and right. A bonfire with smoke pluming to the top left corner is located in the centre-right. Union jacks and the hood of a car are to the right of the bonfire. There are many abstract figures in foreground
- Subject
- crowd
- mountains
- Union Jack
- bonfire
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.295
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- Date
- 1940 – 1945
- Medium
- graphite on bristol board
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.293
- Description
- Pencil sketch of what appears to be a promotion of the Canadian Highlanders bristol board. Central figure is a man standing with legs in a wide stance with a rifle in right hand, with butt on the ground. Man wears a Scottish-stype cap with pom-pom, a pounch on his chest. There are mountains in the …
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1940 – 1945
- Medium
- graphite on bristol board
- Dimensions
- 51.0 x 35.5 cm
- Description
- Pencil sketch of what appears to be a promotion of the Canadian Highlanders bristol board. Central figure is a man standing with legs in a wide stance with a rifle in right hand, with butt on the ground. Man wears a Scottish-stype cap with pom-pom, a pounch on his chest. There are mountains in the background.
- Subject
- military, Canadian Highlanders
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.293
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Fire Engine, Dawson City
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- Date
- 1956
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.097
- Description
- Colour: blue, orange red. Central image is a four wheeled vehicle with a tank and a long black handled pump. It stands in green grass. Behind is a large building: the back part of which is yellow, the front purple brown. A few figures can be seen by the door at the left side. Above are telegraph po…
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- Title
- Fire Engine, Dawson City
- Date
- 1956
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, orange red. Central image is a four wheeled vehicle with a tank and a long black handled pump. It stands in green grass. Behind is a large building: the back part of which is yellow, the front purple brown. A few figures can be seen by the door at the left side. Above are telegraph poles and blue sky.
- Subject
- transportation
- architecture
- urban
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.097
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Limber Pine, Squaw Butte, Cowley
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- Date
- 1947 – 1957
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.098
- Description
- Colour: green, blue, purple, brown. A large tree stands at the right side. It's upper branches lean across the top to the left. It's roots run off the lower right corner. Behind is a green slope, a couple of bushy trees at the left side, and a few trees on the horizon where the sky goes from purple…
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- Title
- Limber Pine, Squaw Butte, Cowley
- Date
- 1947 – 1957
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Description
- Colour: green, blue, purple, brown. A large tree stands at the right side. It's upper branches lean across the top to the left. It's roots run off the lower right corner. Behind is a green slope, a couple of bushy trees at the left side, and a few trees on the horizon where the sky goes from purple to white clouds to blue beyond.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.098
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Porcupine Hills, Cowley, Alberta
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- Date
- 1947 – 1957
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.099
- Description
- Colour: yellows, dark green, pale blue. The foreground is yellow and green grass with a few shrubs bending in the wind to the left. The middlegrund is receding hills and clumps of trees. The background is a blue and yellow plain leading to blue mountains and soft dusty sky.
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- Title
- Porcupine Hills, Cowley, Alberta
- Date
- 1947 – 1957
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- Colour: yellows, dark green, pale blue. The foreground is yellow and green grass with a few shrubs bending in the wind to the left. The middlegrund is receding hills and clumps of trees. The background is a blue and yellow plain leading to blue mountains and soft dusty sky.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.099
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The Yukon River, Dawson City
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- Date
- 1956
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.100
- Description
- Colour: green, purple, red, yellow. The lower canvas is a town. Beyond that is a pale green river which goes across, upright and then left a bit. On either side as it goes into the distance are green hills becoming purple in the distance. A grey yellow sky fills the upper area.
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- Title
- The Yukon River, Dawson City
- Date
- 1956
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- Colour: green, purple, red, yellow. The lower canvas is a town. Beyond that is a pale green river which goes across, upright and then left a bit. On either side as it goes into the distance are green hills becoming purple in the distance. A grey yellow sky fills the upper area.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.100
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Bank in Dawson City
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- Date
- 1956
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.101
- Description
- Colour: blue, black, green, ochre. A road goes up from the lower center towards the right. On the right side of the road are five telegraph poles receding into the distance. On the left side are buildings. The front one is white and built of stone or brick. In the background is a hillside which goe…
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- Title
- Bank in Dawson City
- Date
- 1956
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, black, green, ochre. A road goes up from the lower center towards the right. On the right side of the road are five telegraph poles receding into the distance. On the left side are buildings. The front one is white and built of stone or brick. In the background is a hillside which goes up at an angle from the left to he upper right. Clear blue sky fills in the rest.
- Subject
- architecture
- urban
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.101
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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