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- Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
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- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- india ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BuD.03.18
- Description
- Large black writing. Pink blocking bottom half. “MARCH 31 VICTORIA TUESDAY 1981 MONDAY APRIL 13”“GEORGE COLEMAN TENX”“WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT NEW ALBUM MEDIITATION” “HENRY KELSEY HADN’T THE FAINTEST NOTION OR DID HE?”
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- Title
- Victoria
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- india ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 58.45 x 43.2 cm
- Description
- Large black writing. Pink blocking bottom half. “MARCH 31 VICTORIA TUESDAY 1981 MONDAY APRIL 13”“GEORGE COLEMAN TENX”“WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT NEW ALBUM MEDIITATION” “HENRY KELSEY HADN’T THE FAINTEST NOTION OR DID HE?”
- Subject
- Henry Kelsey
- Jon Whyte
- Hommage
- George Coleman
- Credit
- Gift of Katherine Govier, Toronto, 2020
- Catalogue Number
- BuD.03.18
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Who The Fuck is Henry Kelsey
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbud.03.17
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- india ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BuD.03.17
- Description
- Black and pink lettering: “ SO YOU’VE FINALLY DECIDED TO FIND OUT ABOUT CANADIAN HISTORY!WHO THE FUCK WAS HENRY KELSEYIF YOU’RE A CANADIAN, WELL YOU BETTER POLITELY FIND OUT ... TRY REVERSING YOUR HEAD TO BETWEEN 1689 AND 16921 TRY TO REMEMBER ... THE HUDSONS BAY CO. WELL, IN 1680, ON THE 29TH OF M…
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- Title
- Who The Fuck is Henry Kelsey
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- india ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 58.45 x 43.2 cm
- Description
- Black and pink lettering: “ SO YOU’VE FINALLY DECIDED TO FIND OUT ABOUT CANADIAN HISTORY!WHO THE FUCK WAS HENRY KELSEYIF YOU’RE A CANADIAN, WELL YOU BETTER POLITELY FIND OUT ... TRY REVERSING YOUR HEAD TO BETWEEN 1689 AND 16921 TRY TO REMEMBER ... THE HUDSONS BAY CO. WELL, IN 1680, ON THE 29TH OF MAY.”
- Subject
- Henry Kelsey
- Jon Whyte
- Hommage
- Credit
- Gift of Katherine Govier, Toronto, 2020
- Catalogue Number
- BuD.03.17
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- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BuD.03.16
- Description
- Letter to Jon in black india ink. “454 EAST 8TH AVE APT 204VANCOUVER BCV5T 1S7, 4:20PM, APRIL 5/81DEAR JON:YOUR EPIC POEM HAS BEEN OF GREAT, GREAT INSPIRATION. I HAD DONE NO WORK OF MY OWN SINCE LAST SUMMER, WHEN I DID THE ONE HUNDRED DRAWINGS OF VANCOUVER GIRLS, CEASING ABOUT AUGUST 9TH. BUT WHEN …
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- Title
- Dear Jon
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 58.45 x 43.2 cm
- Description
- Letter to Jon in black india ink. “454 EAST 8TH AVE APT 204VANCOUVER BCV5T 1S7, 4:20PM, APRIL 5/81DEAR JON:YOUR EPIC POEM HAS BEEN OF GREAT, GREAT INSPIRATION. I HAD DONE NO WORK OF MY OWN SINCE LAST SUMMER, WHEN I DID THE ONE HUNDRED DRAWINGS OF VANCOUVER GIRLS, CEASING ABOUT AUGUST 9TH. BUT WHEN I HEARD YOUR KELSEY UNCALCIFIED, I FRIED! THE HEAT OF THE POWER OF THE IMAGERY PROMPTED SERIES 1 & 11, THE BEST OF WHICH ARE ENCLOSED HEREWITH. THIS IS PERHAPS NOT WHAT YOU EXPECTED, NOT WHAT YOU FORESAW, BUT IT IS MY IMMEDIATE TWO-WEEK RESPONSE TO THE WORK. I RECALLED MY DRIVE WEST THIS LAST TIME_SEPT. 1RST TO 5TH ‘79 PLUS THE RECALLS OF THE TRIPS WEST WARD AND EASTWARD = 1950 (4) 1951 (4) 1952 (4) 1953 (4) 1955 (2) 1956 (0) 1957 (4) 1958 (2) 1959 (0) 1960 (0) 1961 (2) 1962 (0) 1963 (3) 1964 (0) 1965 (0) 1966 (2) 1967 (2) 1968 (2) 1969 (2) 1970 (0) 1971 (2) 1971 (2) 1972 (2) 1973 (2) 1974 (2) 1975 (2) 1976 (2) 1977 (0) 1978 (2) 1979 (4). BY AIR * BY TRAIN * ALL THE REST BY AUTOMOBILE, VIA U.S.A, VIA CANADA, 1980 * (2) TOTAL 59 TIMES!SO SERIES 1 : 17 OF 25 AND SERIES 11: 8 OF 26. I DECIDED TO DISREGARD THE LIMITATIONS OF NUMBERS OF COLOURS.THESE WERE EXECUTED IN CHIN-CHIN AND PELIKAN INDIA INK IN PR. PH MARTINS CONCENTRATED TRANSPARENT WATER COLOUR (INKS) ON CARTRIDGE PAPER 18” X 24”LOVE, WRITE SOON HENRY HNRKELSEY KLES BOOK OF : DENNIS BURTON”
- Subject
- Henry Kelsey
- Jon Whyte
- Hommage
- Credit
- Gift of Katherine Govier, Toronto, 2020
- Catalogue Number
- BuD.03.16
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HK series II / 25
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbud.03.14
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BuD.03.14
- Description
- Maroon, brown and dark blue abstract blocked with black lines.
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- Title
- HK series II / 25
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 58.45 x 43.2 cm
- Description
- Maroon, brown and dark blue abstract blocked with black lines.
- Credit
- Gift of Katherine Govier, Toronto, 2020
- Catalogue Number
- BuD.03.14
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HK series II / 17
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbud.03.13
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- india ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BuD.03.13
- Description
- Black abstract lines.
1 image
- Title
- HK series II / 17
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- india ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 58.45 x 43.2 cm
- Description
- Black abstract lines.
- Credit
- Gift of Katherine Govier, Toronto, 2020
- Catalogue Number
- BuD.03.13
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HK series II / 10
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbud.03.12
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- india ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BuD.03.12
- Description
- Black abstract lines.
1 image
- Title
- HK series II / 10
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- india ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 58.45 x 43.2 cm
- Description
- Black abstract lines.
- Credit
- Gift of Katherine Govier, Toronto, 2020
- Catalogue Number
- BuD.03.12
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HK series II / 7
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbud.03.11
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- india ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BuD.03.11
- Description
- Black abstract lines.
1 image
- Title
- HK series II / 7
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- india ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 58.45 x 43.2 cm
- Description
- Black abstract lines.
- Credit
- Gift of Katherine Govier, Toronto, 2020
- Catalogue Number
- BuD.03.11
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HK series II / 5
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbud.03.10
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- india ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BuD.03.10
- Description
- Black abstract various thickness lines.
1 image
- Title
- HK series II / 5
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- india ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 58.45 x 43.2 cm
- Description
- Black abstract various thickness lines.
- Credit
- Gift of Katherine Govier, Toronto, 2020
- Catalogue Number
- BuD.03.10
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HK series II / 2
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbud.03.09
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- india ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BuD.03.09
- Description
- Black abstract uniformed thickness lines.
1 image
- Title
- HK series II / 2
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- india ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 58.45 x 43.2 cm
- Description
- Black abstract uniformed thickness lines.
- Credit
- Gift of Katherine Govier, Toronto, 2020
- Catalogue Number
- BuD.03.09
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HK series I / 21
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbud.03.08
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- india ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BuD.03.08
- Description
- Image split into two. Dark blue with white clouds on top. Bottom half is gray, brown and green.
1 image
- Title
- HK series I / 21
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- india ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 58.45 x 43.2 cm
- Description
- Image split into two. Dark blue with white clouds on top. Bottom half is gray, brown and green.
- Credit
- Gift of Katherine Govier, Toronto, 2020
- Catalogue Number
- BuD.03.08
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HK series I / 25
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbud.03.07
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on board
- Catalogue Number
- BuD.03.07
- Description
- Border of image squared in black. Hot pink drip lots and lines.
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- Title
- HK series I / 25
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on board
- Dimensions
- 58.45 x 43.2 cm
- Description
- Border of image squared in black. Hot pink drip lots and lines.
- Credit
- Gift of Katherine Govier, Toronto, 2020
- Catalogue Number
- BuD.03.07
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HK series I / 20
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbud.03.06
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BuD.03.06
- Description
- Abstract. Top quarter is dark blue. Bottom is brown, black and pink.
1 image
- Title
- HK series I / 20
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 58.45 x 43.2 cm
- Description
- Abstract. Top quarter is dark blue. Bottom is brown, black and pink.
- Subject
- Henry Kelsey
- Jon Whyte
- Hommage
- abstract
- Credit
- Gift of Katherine Govier, Toronto, 2020
- Catalogue Number
- BuD.03.06
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HK series I / 19
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbud.03.05
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BuD.03.05
- Description
- Abstract. Image spilt into 2. Top half is various shades of blue. Bottom half is red and black.
1 image
- Title
- HK series I / 19
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 58.45 x 43.2 cm
- Description
- Abstract. Image spilt into 2. Top half is various shades of blue. Bottom half is red and black.
- Credit
- Gift of Katherine Govier, Toronto, 2020
- Catalogue Number
- BuD.03.05
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HK series I / 9
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbud.03.04
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BuD.03.04
- Description
- Abstract. Image spilt into two. Top half is black, bottom is dark green and brown with 2 yellow triangles and 1 red square.
1 image
- Title
- HK series I / 9
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 58.45 x 43.2 cm
- Description
- Abstract. Image spilt into two. Top half is black, bottom is dark green and brown with 2 yellow triangles and 1 red square.
- Credit
- Gift of Katherine Govier, Toronto, 2020
- Catalogue Number
- BuD.03.04
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HK series I / 2
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbud.03.03
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BuD.03.03
- Description
- Abstract. Top background is blue. Two large white shapes, one outlined with yellow and black the other outlined with orange. In the middle two large red objects.
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- Title
- HK series I / 2
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 58.45 x 43.2 cm
- Description
- Abstract. Top background is blue. Two large white shapes, one outlined with yellow and black the other outlined with orange. In the middle two large red objects.
- Credit
- Gift of Katherine Govier, Toronto, 2020
- Catalogue Number
- BuD.03.03
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HK series I / I
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbud.03.02
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BuD.03.02
- Description
- Abstract. Image split in half, top is reddish/orange. Bottom is predominately black and blue with orange pink and green lines.
1 image
- Title
- HK series I / I
- Date
- 1981
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 58.45 x 43.2 cm
- Description
- Abstract. Image split in half, top is reddish/orange. Bottom is predominately black and blue with orange pink and green lines.
- Credit
- Gift of Katherine Govier, Toronto, 2020
- Catalogue Number
- BuD.03.02
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- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.951 q
- Description
- Ink drawing of obese dog.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 20.0 cm
- Description
- Ink drawing of obese dog.
- Subject
- dog
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.951 q
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I wish they’d ‘urry wid de eats
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- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.951 n
- Description
- Hatching of man leaning of fence, to the right of him in ink “I WISH THEY’D ‘URRY WID DE EATS” in bottom left “ORIGINAL”
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- Title
- I wish they’d ‘urry wid de eats
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.2 x 20.0 cm
- Description
- Hatching of man leaning of fence, to the right of him in ink “I WISH THEY’D ‘URRY WID DE EATS” in bottom left “ORIGINAL”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.951 n
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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; ink on monogram board
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.884
- Description
- A man wearing a golfing hat has a set of wings attached to his back and has swooped up above a car that is driving below him. There are two people in the vehicle, the one in the passenger seat is looking up at the guy. Above the image it says “THAT HE WILL EVER BECOME A MECHANICAL BIRD AND FLY OVER…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; ink on monogram board
- Dimensions
- 39.0 x 26.3 cm
- Description
- A man wearing a golfing hat has a set of wings attached to his back and has swooped up above a car that is driving below him. There are two people in the vehicle, the one in the passenger seat is looking up at the guy. Above the image it says “THAT HE WILL EVER BECOME A MECHANICAL BIRD AND FLY OVER IS OUT OF THE QUESTION -----------”, and below the drawing it is signed “Peter Whyte”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.884
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