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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1934
Medium
watercolour; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.286
Description
Beach scene with many people. In the foreground, a man lays in his back with arms outstretched, knees and his bald head facing the viewer. Two dogs play in the middle ground, right side, one appears to be digging. Children run and people sunbathe with umbrellas in the background.paper support has b…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Honolulu 1934 [I]
Date
1934
Medium
watercolour; ink on paper
Dimensions
27.5 x 35.5 cm
Description
Beach scene with many people. In the foreground, a man lays in his back with arms outstretched, knees and his bald head facing the viewer. Two dogs play in the middle ground, right side, one appears to be digging. Children run and people sunbathe with umbrellas in the background.paper support has been glues to stiffer matting, possibly by previous cataloguer or preparator (pre-2016)
Subject
beach
sunbathing
leisure
dogs
Hawaii
Honolulu
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.286
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1934
Medium
ink; watercolour
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.287
Description
Watercolour and ink drawing of many people on a beach. A man in the right of foreground lies on his back suntanning. A larger woman in a pink bathing suit and blue cap, and blue floater in her right had. She wears blue sandals and gestures to someone farther down the beach. To the right a man in a…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Honolulu 1934 [II]
Date
1934
Medium
ink; watercolour
Dimensions
27.5 x 35.5 cm
Description
Watercolour and ink drawing of many people on a beach. A man in the right of foreground lies on his back suntanning. A larger woman in a pink bathing suit and blue cap, and blue floater in her right had. She wears blue sandals and gestures to someone farther down the beach. To the right a man in a hat is putting on his blue pants. Other people are sun tanning, sitting, or playing in the midground. In the background, people are in the water and there is a ship on the horizon.
Subject
beach
leisure
sunbathing
Hawaii
Honolulu
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.287
Images
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If You Cant Get the New Year Spirit Why Not Take Your Own--

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1934
Medium
graphite; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.397
Description
A man and a woman with their backs to the viewer are dressed in fancy outfits. There is a flask in the man’s back pocket. Signed Peter Whyte in cursive in brc.Top centre title: If You Cant Get the New Year Spirit Why Not Take Your Own--MOANA HOTEL HONOLULU [brc]; JANUARY 1ST [blc]
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
If You Cant Get the New Year Spirit Why Not Take Your Own--
Date
1934
Medium
graphite; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
30.8 x 23.8 cm
Description
A man and a woman with their backs to the viewer are dressed in fancy outfits. There is a flask in the man’s back pocket. Signed Peter Whyte in cursive in brc.Top centre title: If You Cant Get the New Year Spirit Why Not Take Your Own--MOANA HOTEL HONOLULU [brc]; JANUARY 1ST [blc]
Subject
New Years
Honolulu
spirit
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.397
Images
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1916 – 1927
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.108
Description
Front: 1 sketch of man’s head, profile, with hat and cigarette; 1 sketch of man in top hat, back view; 1 sketch of woman with hat, side view; 1 sketch of figure with pointy hat. Reverse: 1 sketch of man in hat and suit; front view head to waist; 1 sketch of man with bow tie and hat (?), front view;…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1916 – 1927
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
18.3 x 13.8 cm
Description
Front: 1 sketch of man’s head, profile, with hat and cigarette; 1 sketch of man in top hat, back view; 1 sketch of woman with hat, side view; 1 sketch of figure with pointy hat. Reverse: 1 sketch of man in hat and suit; front view head to waist; 1 sketch of man with bow tie and hat (?), front view; 1 sketch of man standing; full figure back view; 1 sketch of man with baseball style hat; side view. Bottom of page, upside-down, printed header: TLC: “Moana- Seaside Hotel and Bungalows, Royal Hawaiian Hotel”Center: Picture of beach view with palm trees and sunset “Moana-Seaside Hotel, Honolulu, Cable Address “Moana””TRC: “Address All Communications to the Manager”
Subject
tuxedo
top hat
baseball hat
beach
Hawaii
Honolulu
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.108
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1916 – 1927
Medium
graphite on paper card
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.448
Description
Two pencil drawings, oriented 180 degrees opposite of eachother, of a dragon boat. The drawings are separated by the intentional folding of the card. Below the fold, the drawing includes people inside the boat and the boat’s surroundings, while the drawing above the fold is simply an empty boat. Th…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1916 – 1927
Medium
graphite on paper card
Dimensions
27.5 x 16.5 cm
Description
Two pencil drawings, oriented 180 degrees opposite of eachother, of a dragon boat. The drawings are separated by the intentional folding of the card. Below the fold, the drawing includes people inside the boat and the boat’s surroundings, while the drawing above the fold is simply an empty boat. The support is a card marked with Honolulu’s Moana Seaside Resort logo.
Subject
dragon boat
water
Honolulu
Hawaii
travel
tropical
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.448
Images
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