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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1910 – 1920
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.918
Description
On lined paper there is a small row boat with a sail carrying three men. Around there there is two sharks and a giant octopus attacking them. A fourth man is wrapped in the tentacle of the octopus, and the fifth man is in the mouth of a shark. Between the sharks there is a fish, and in the backgrou…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1910 – 1920
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
12.5 x 18.4 cm
Description
On lined paper there is a small row boat with a sail carrying three men. Around there there is two sharks and a giant octopus attacking them. A fourth man is wrapped in the tentacle of the octopus, and the fifth man is in the mouth of a shark. Between the sharks there is a fish, and in the background there is mountains with clouds and a smiling sun above it. verso: along the top section of the paper it says “March I wonder what spent thrift chore to spell [sic] Such bright gold under my winder [sic window] sill”
Subject
animal
octopus
shark
fish
people
men
boat
rowboat
sail
paddles
mountains
cloud
sun
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.918
Images
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