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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1921
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.598
Description
An ink portrait of a woman from her shoulders - up. She has short curly hair and a small crown or tiara. Her collar is trimmed with fur and she wears a necklace. Linework is used for shading on her face.Signed in brc PETE WHYTE 21.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1921
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
29.5 x 19.0 cm
Description
An ink portrait of a woman from her shoulders - up. She has short curly hair and a small crown or tiara. Her collar is trimmed with fur and she wears a necklace. Linework is used for shading on her face.Signed in brc PETE WHYTE 21.
Subject
royalty
portrait
Queen
monarchy
woman
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.598
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1923
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.743
Description
A rough sketch outlines a jeep driving up a mountain hill carrying luggage. In the background there is a mountain range and clouds in the sky. In the middle of the page near the bottom edge is says “SEE AMERICA FIRST” and above it you can see Peter’s signature. inside the fold along the length: qui…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1923
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
14.0 x 21.5 cm
Description
A rough sketch outlines a jeep driving up a mountain hill carrying luggage. In the background there is a mountain range and clouds in the sky. In the middle of the page near the bottom edge is says “SEE AMERICA FIRST” and above it you can see Peter’s signature. inside the fold along the length: quick sketches - very cartoonish - throughout the page. There are five drawings of men and one of woman, two that appear to be of wolves, one duck, a plane and a rough landscape. verso: printed advertisement for Glacier National Park, with a cartoon drawing of a man to the right of the printed image. In the BLC “magnificent” is crossed out, and near the fold in the middle of the page it says “for mudit”
Subject
jeep
mountain
travel
cloud
hill
America
luggage
duck
man
woman
wolf
plane
cigarette
Glacier National Park
advertisement
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.743
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.872
Description
An ink drawing of a vintage car that is sitting in a grassing landscape. Behind it is a couple Corinthian Order columns that are coming out of tall grasses. In the background you can see clouds in the sky.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1925
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
25.3 x 34.9 cm
Description
An ink drawing of a vintage car that is sitting in a grassing landscape. Behind it is a couple Corinthian Order columns that are coming out of tall grasses. In the background you can see clouds in the sky.
Subject
Greek
column
architecture
Corinthian Order
car
vehicle
grasses
clouds
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.872
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1927
Medium
graphite; coloured graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.765
Description
A fast figure drawing initially done in pencil is filled with coloured pencil to add depth and dimension to the figure. The woman is shoeless, resting on a cane in her right hand, and is wearing a colourful wrap on her head. Behind her there is some sort of structure that is three-tiered.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Old Woman
Date
1927
Medium
graphite; coloured graphite on paper
Dimensions
35.5 x 25.5 cm
Description
A fast figure drawing initially done in pencil is filled with coloured pencil to add depth and dimension to the figure. The woman is shoeless, resting on a cane in her right hand, and is wearing a colourful wrap on her head. Behind her there is some sort of structure that is three-tiered.
Subject
head wrap
cane
dress
woman
bare feet
tiered structure
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.765
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1927
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.841
Description
A woman standing barefoot, wearing a head wrap and a dress. She is looking out to the right and her left hand is on her hip, while the right is gesturing to objects behind her.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1927
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
27.5 x 21.2 cm
Description
A woman standing barefoot, wearing a head wrap and a dress. She is looking out to the right and her left hand is on her hip, while the right is gesturing to objects behind her.
Subject
person
woman
dress
head wrap
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.841
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1928
Medium
conté on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.454
Description
Various conte drawings of a woman’s head, some in profile. [cursive brc] November 14 1928
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1928
Medium
conté on paper
Dimensions
26.2 x 18.1 cm
Description
Various conte drawings of a woman’s head, some in profile. [cursive brc] November 14 1928
Subject
woman
head
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.454
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1928
Medium
conté on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.455
Description
A conte drawing of a woman’s full figure in the nude. She is seated with one knee bent.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1928
Medium
conté on paper
Dimensions
26.2 x 18.1 cm
Description
A conte drawing of a woman’s full figure in the nude. She is seated with one knee bent.
Subject
nude
woman
figure
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.455
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
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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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
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.
Subject
spiked boots
pickaxe
men
woman
climbing
scrambling
hair
mustache
mountain
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.766
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.134
Description
Colour: blue, orange, green grey, brown. The main image is the roof and upper story of a Japanese building. At the right side, green foliage peeks around the edge of the building. Blue sky fills the upper edge and the upper right corner.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Nikko, Japan
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
11 x 9 cm
Description
Colour: blue, orange, green grey, brown. The main image is the roof and upper story of a Japanese building. At the right side, green foliage peeks around the edge of the building. Blue sky fills the upper edge and the upper right corner.
Subject
architecture
religious
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.134
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.135
Description
Colour: blue, white, orange brown. This is a street scene with buildings on either side. White laundry is strung between and orange signs hang out with East-Asian characters on them. There's a blue sign on the left building. There are people in the lower area. A man in a hat with a blue bundle is i…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Shanghai
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
11 x 9 cm
Description
Colour: blue, white, orange brown. This is a street scene with buildings on either side. White laundry is strung between and orange signs hang out with East-Asian characters on them. There's a blue sign on the left building. There are people in the lower area. A man in a hat with a blue bundle is in the lower right corner.
Subject
architecture
urban
figure
group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.135
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