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Native Dwellings, Philippine Islands

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
graphite; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.001
Description
A dwelling with a grass roof. Three palm trees behind and to the right. Four figures are in front. There is a ladder leaning up against the dwelling. The house is a golden colour, the people are blue and red, and trees are green and brown. It is sketchily rendered.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Native Dwellings, Philippine Islands
Date
1929
Medium
graphite; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
30.5 x 24.3 cm
Description
A dwelling with a grass roof. Three palm trees behind and to the right. Four figures are in front. There is a ladder leaning up against the dwelling. The house is a golden colour, the people are blue and red, and trees are green and brown. It is sketchily rendered.
Subject
house
Philippines
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.001
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Nikko, Japan, Iyeyasu's Mausoleum

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
graphite; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.002
Description
A many stepped stone structure on right side with a cylinder cap and Japanese-style temple roof adornment. It is coloured with green and brown with slight highlights of red. At the base and in the foreground is a stone slab with what could be offerings and a figure of a crane-like bird coloured i…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Nikko, Japan, Iyeyasu's Mausoleum
Date
1929
Medium
graphite; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
30.5 x 24.0 cm
Description
A many stepped stone structure on right side with a cylinder cap and Japanese-style temple roof adornment. It is coloured with green and brown with slight highlights of red. At the base and in the foreground is a stone slab with what could be offerings and a figure of a crane-like bird coloured in brown and green.
Subject
mausoleum
shrine
temple
Japan
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.002
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Untitled [Poster for Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies Pow Wow]

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Artist
Peter or Catharine Whyte
Date
1926
Medium
graphite; coloured conté on brown paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.957
Description
A layout design for a poster. Two figures on horseback overlook a mountain valley.
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Artist
Peter or Catharine Whyte
Title
Untitled [Poster for Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies Pow Wow]
Date
1926
Medium
graphite; coloured conté on brown paper
Dimensions
96 x 61 cm
Description
A layout design for a poster. Two figures on horseback overlook a mountain valley.
Subject
poster
Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
activities
pow wow
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.957
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Artist
Peter or Catharine Whyte
Date
1920 – 1928
Medium
graphite; conté on conte paper
Catalogue Number
Wy?.03.071
Description
Two portrait studies of a male sitter.
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Artist
Peter or Catharine Whyte
Title
Untitled
Date
1920 – 1928
Medium
graphite; conté on conte paper
Dimensions
63.5 x 48.0 cm
Description
Two portrait studies of a male sitter.
Subject
study
portrait
male
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
Wy?.03.071
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1920 – 1928
Medium
graphite; conté on pale brown paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.010
Description
The paper support has been folded into two pieces with one human drawing on each side. The bottom figure is laying on her back with legs twisted away from viewer so her buttocks are showing, with her hands behind her head. The top figure is drawn in red, white and black conte. The top figure is …
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1920 – 1928
Medium
graphite; conté on pale brown paper
Dimensions
65.5 x 51.0 cm
Description
The paper support has been folded into two pieces with one human drawing on each side. The bottom figure is laying on her back with legs twisted away from viewer so her buttocks are showing, with her hands behind her head. The top figure is drawn in red, white and black conte. The top figure is male and is standing, oriented the opposite way. The head is on the left hand side, and his back is to the viewer, with arms raised with bent elbows. He has no hands.
Subject
figure
female
male
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.010
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1920 – 1928
Medium
graphite; conté on conte paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.012
Description
A very good rendering of a standing nude male model. His back is to the viewer and his right hand is resting on his hip with elbow bent, and his left hand holds a stick against his hip. His head looks to the left. There are also lightly sketched curving lines around the figure and an “X” in the …
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1920 – 1928
Medium
graphite; conté on conte paper
Dimensions
63.5 x 48.0 cm
Description
A very good rendering of a standing nude male model. His back is to the viewer and his right hand is resting on his hip with elbow bent, and his left hand holds a stick against his hip. His head looks to the left. There are also lightly sketched curving lines around the figure and an “X” in the bottom right corner.
Subject
figure
male
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.012
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1928
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.304
Description
Small ink and graphite sketches of cartoon figures, feet, horses, faces, and hands.Insciption: [blc] Dec. 26th/ Canada/ Catharine; [brc in cursive]: Well I wonder [ ...]everything
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1928
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
27.5 x 21.5 cm
Description
Small ink and graphite sketches of cartoon figures, feet, horses, faces, and hands.Insciption: [blc] Dec. 26th/ Canada/ Catharine; [brc in cursive]: Well I wonder [ ...]everything
Subject
sketch
cartoon
animal
horse
figure
male
female
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.304
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1928
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.305
Description
Eighteen small cartoon sketches of faces and people. Trc is a sketch of a figure fishing, blc is a sketch of a figure on a bicycle.Inscribed:[tlc] Peter Whyte Banff Alberta Canada; Peter Whyte Banff, Alberta Canada; [trc] Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1928
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
28.0 x 21.5 cm
Description
Eighteen small cartoon sketches of faces and people. Trc is a sketch of a figure fishing, blc is a sketch of a figure on a bicycle.Inscribed:[tlc] Peter Whyte Banff Alberta Canada; Peter Whyte Banff, Alberta Canada; [trc] Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass
Subject
sketch
cartoon
figure
activity
fishing
cycling
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.305
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
graphite; coloured graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.306
Description
A sketch of nine figures on bicycles carrying hockey sticks, four dogs run with the bicycles, mountains and blue sky in background.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
n.d.
Medium
graphite; coloured graphite on paper
Dimensions
18.5 x 29.0 cm
Description
A sketch of nine figures on bicycles carrying hockey sticks, four dogs run with the bicycles, mountains and blue sky in background.
Subject
sketch
cartoon
activity
cycling
animal
dog
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.306
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Artist
R. L. Hunter
Date
1950
Medium
graphite; crayon; felt marker on paper
Catalogue Number
HlR.03.02
Description
Farm scene, two horses, one brown one white are hitched to a wagon, the white horse is tied to a hitching post. A buggy is standing in right foreground. A log house with a green roof, smoke coming out of the chimney, is behind the buggy. A woman is standing in front of the door, a woman carrying a …
Artist
R. L. Hunter
Title
Farm Scene
Date
1950
Medium
graphite; crayon; felt marker on paper
Dimensions
45 x 56 cm
Description
Farm scene, two horses, one brown one white are hitched to a wagon, the white horse is tied to a hitching post. A buggy is standing in right foreground. A log house with a green roof, smoke coming out of the chimney, is behind the buggy. A woman is standing in front of the door, a woman carrying a child, a man with a small child by hand are all walking towards the wagon. A post with barbed wire is at the very bottom, some orange flowers in the bottom left. Background is green, some implements and a road. Trees along the horizon, a pale blue sky with three clouds.
Subject
landscape, rural
animal, horse
figure, male, child
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
HlR.03.02
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Artist
Peter or Catharine Whyte
Date
1920 – 1928
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
Wy?.03.125
Description
Pencil drawing of square grid with perspective lines. Smaller grid with similar lines in BLC.
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Artist
Peter or Catharine Whyte
Title
Untitled
Date
1920 – 1928
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
45.0 x 30.5 cm
Description
Pencil drawing of square grid with perspective lines. Smaller grid with similar lines in BLC.
Subject
grid
perspective
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
Wy?.03.125
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Artist
Peter or Catharine Whyte
Date
1920 – 1928
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
Wy?.03.123
Description
Pen and pencil drawing of geometric shapes in perspective.
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Artist
Peter or Catharine Whyte
Title
Untitled
Date
1920 – 1928
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
45.0 x 30.5 cm
Description
Pen and pencil drawing of geometric shapes in perspective.
Subject
geometric shapes
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
Wy?.03.123
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1920 – 1928
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.632
Description
Standing female figure model in pen with various preliminary sketches in pen and pencil around main figure. PIERRE LE BLANC in top left corner.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1920 – 1928
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
66 x 51 cm
Description
Standing female figure model in pen with various preliminary sketches in pen and pencil around main figure. PIERRE LE BLANC in top left corner.
Subject
female model
nude
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.632
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1916 – 1927
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.635
Description
Cartoon of two men, side views, from chest up. Man on left has a tie, round glasses and is smoking a cigarette. Man on right is wearing a top hat and smoking a cigar.Mounted on matte board along with WyP.03.634, WyP.03.636, and WyP.03.637
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
The Head
Date
1916 – 1927
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
15.5 x 25.4 cm
Description
Cartoon of two men, side views, from chest up. Man on left has a tie, round glasses and is smoking a cigarette. Man on right is wearing a top hat and smoking a cigar.Mounted on matte board along with WyP.03.634, WyP.03.636, and WyP.03.637
Subject
cartoon
smoking
men
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.635
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1916 – 1927
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.044
Description
Sketches of horses. Front and back views of entire horse; front and side view of heads.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1916 – 1927
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
46.0 x 30.5 cm
Description
Sketches of horses. Front and back views of entire horse; front and side view of heads.
Subject
horse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.044
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1916 – 1927
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.216
Description
Two drawings of a horse, both 3/4 views from front and back.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1916 – 1927
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
45.6 x 30.5 cm
Description
Two drawings of a horse, both 3/4 views from front and back.
Subject
horse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.216
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Graphite; Watercolour Drawing

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1916 – 1927
Medium
graphite; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.236
Description
Side view drawing of man in soldiers uniform wearing red and green kilt, holding a rifle in front of him. Head is tilted down, legs wide-stance. Very faint pencil line left edge.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Graphite; Watercolour Drawing
Date
1916 – 1927
Medium
graphite; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
22 x 11.7 cm
Description
Side view drawing of man in soldiers uniform wearing red and green kilt, holding a rifle in front of him. Head is tilted down, legs wide-stance. Very faint pencil line left edge.
Subject
soldier
kilt
rifle
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.236
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1949
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.237
Description
Sketch and well-rendered versions of a Peter and Catharine Christmas card. The left is a rough colour sketch of a woman skiing down a hill meeting a man at the bottom with a camera. Hill is scattered with skiers that have fallen. A house or cabin peeks over the hill to the right in the background…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1949
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
23.5 x 30.5 cm
Description
Sketch and well-rendered versions of a Peter and Catharine Christmas card. The left is a rough colour sketch of a woman skiing down a hill meeting a man at the bottom with a camera. Hill is scattered with skiers that have fallen. A house or cabin peeks over the hill to the right in the background. The woman leaves a curving line in the snow down the hill. The right side is a more final version in ink with more details. “Greetings 1949” printed in BRC.
Subject
Christmas Card
Peter
Catharine
skiing
snow
ski hill
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.237
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.329
Description
A pencil and ink drawing of two men on a frozen lake. One man has fallen through broken ice and is only visible from the chest-up. The other man, wearing a hat and coat, assists the fallen man by pulling him up with a stick. Quickly-sketched trees line the background. There is a sign with illegibl…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1929
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
26.0 x 23.5 cm
Description
A pencil and ink drawing of two men on a frozen lake. One man has fallen through broken ice and is only visible from the chest-up. The other man, wearing a hat and coat, assists the fallen man by pulling him up with a stick. Quickly-sketched trees line the background. There is a sign with illegible writing on it posted to the right of the fallen man. In the bottom left corner of the drawing, “Peter Whyte -29” is visible. A hand-drawn pencil line frames the scene.Below this drawing, dialogue reads:WELL HOW DID YOU COME TO FALL IN?FOOL, I DIDN’T COME TO FALL IN, I CAME TO SKATE!!
Subject
comic
winter
skating
Peter Whyte
drawing
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.329
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1928
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.330
Description
A drawing in ink and pencil of a heavy set, bearded man constraining his belly with a belt attached to a hand-cranked contraption. He leans towards a smiling woman. The woman holds a bundle of cloth. Dolls sit on display behind her. Wearing spectacles, a full-length dress, and hair in a bun, this w…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1928
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
24.0 x 26.0 cm
Description
A drawing in ink and pencil of a heavy set, bearded man constraining his belly with a belt attached to a hand-cranked contraption. He leans towards a smiling woman. The woman holds a bundle of cloth. Dolls sit on display behind her. Wearing spectacles, a full-length dress, and hair in a bun, this woman appears to be the man’s mother. Signed at the bottom right of the drawing: “Peter Whyte 28”Below the drawing, text explains that the man is attempting to reduce the size of his belly.“THESE MODERN CHIMNEYS ARE SO SMALL MA, THAT I HAVE TO DO IT”-----A hand-drawn pencil line frames the drawing and text.
Subject
chimneys
humour
Peter Whyte
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.330
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