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Ink Drawing

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Date: n.d.

Material: wood; ink

Catalogue Number: 107.02.0103

Description: Ink drawing of figure in buckskin pants and shirt with sheath of arrows on back and bow in hand,. Standing slightly behind man is orange and white horse. Green grass below and rocky mountains in background. “Marlyn [House]” in bottom right corner.

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Title: Ink Drawing

Date: n.d.

Material: wood; ink

Dimensions: 46.0 x 56.0 cm

Description: Ink drawing of figure in buckskin pants and shirt with sheath of arrows on back and bow in hand,. Standing slightly behind man is orange and white horse. Green grass below and rocky mountains in background. “Marlyn [House]” in bottom right corner.

Subject: Whyte home; art;indigenous; drawing

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

Catalogue Number: 107.02.0103

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Ink Drawing

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Date: n.d.

Material: wood; ink

Catalogue Number: 107.02.0102

Description: Pen and ink drawing on a wooden board. Woman and child in colourful clothing seated on black and white horse standing in front of green field with trees behind. Blue sky with white clouds above. “Roy Hunter” in lower right corner.

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Title: Ink Drawing

Date: n.d.

Material: wood; ink

Dimensions: 47.0 x 57.0 cm

Description: Pen and ink drawing on a wooden board. Woman and child in colourful clothing seated on black and white horse standing in front of green field with trees behind. Blue sky with white clouds above. “Roy Hunter” in lower right corner.

Subject: Whyte home; drawing; art; indigenous; nature

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

Catalogue Number: 107.02.0102

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Ink Drawing

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink

Catalogue Number: Wy?.03.175

Description: Japanese ink drawing of two identical tall spindly bare trees, with a shorter trunk inbetween them.

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Title: Ink Drawing

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink

Dimensions: 32.5 x 34.3 cm

Description: Japanese ink drawing of two identical tall spindly bare trees, with a shorter trunk inbetween them.

Subject: trees, branches

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

Catalogue Number: Wy?.03.175

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Ink Drawing

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink

Catalogue Number: Wy?.03.174

Description: Japanese ink drawing featuring a six-petal flower, diamond-shaped leaves, and spindly branches running diagonally across the page.

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Title: Ink Drawing

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink

Dimensions: 32.4 x 32.8 cm

Description: Japanese ink drawing featuring a six-petal flower, diamond-shaped leaves, and spindly branches running diagonally across the page.

Subject: branches, flower, leaves

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

Catalogue Number: Wy?.03.174

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Ink Drawing

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink

Catalogue Number: Wy?.03.173

Description: Japanese ink drawing of a tall spindly bare tree sat atop a hill and composed in the bottom left corner.

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Title: Ink Drawing

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink

Dimensions: 33.0 x 33.0 cm

Description: Japanese ink drawing of a tall spindly bare tree sat atop a hill and composed in the bottom left corner.

Subject: tree, hill

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

Catalogue Number: Wy?.03.173

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Ink Drawing

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink

Catalogue Number: Wy?.03.172

Description: Japanese ink drawing of two spindly branches atop each other. The first, with a blossom and diamond-shaped leaves. The second, with two small berries.

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Title: Ink Drawing

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink

Dimensions: 32.0 x 33.9 cm

Description: Japanese ink drawing of two spindly branches atop each other. The first, with a blossom and diamond-shaped leaves. The second, with two small berries.

Subject: flowers, branches, berries

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

Catalogue Number: Wy?.03.172

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Ink Drawing

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink

Catalogue Number: Wy?.03.171

Description: Japanese ink drawing featuring three cloud-like forms, faint circles on the right side, and a thin plant in the centre.

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Title: Ink Drawing

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink

Dimensions: 32.8 x 34.3 cm

Description: Japanese ink drawing featuring three cloud-like forms, faint circles on the right side, and a thin plant in the centre.

Subject: plant, clouds, circles

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

Catalogue Number: Wy?.03.171

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Ink Drawing

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink

Catalogue Number: Wy?.03.170

Description: Japanese ink drawing featuring four horizontal rows of dark maple leaves, and in the top left corner, a group of diamond-shaped leaves.

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Title: Ink Drawing

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink

Dimensions: 32.1 x 34.3 cm

Description: Japanese ink drawing featuring four horizontal rows of dark maple leaves, and in the top left corner, a group of diamond-shaped leaves.

Subject: leaves, maple leaf

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

Catalogue Number: Wy?.03.170

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Victoria

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Artist: Dennis Burton (1933 – 2013, Canadian)

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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Artist: Dennis Burton (1933 – 2013, Canadian)

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

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Artist: Dennis Burton (1933 – 2013, Canadian)

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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Artist: Dennis Burton (1933 – 2013, Canadian)

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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Dear Jon

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Artist: Dennis Burton (1933 – 2013, Canadian)

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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Artist: Dennis Burton (1933 – 2013, Canadian)

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”