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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1957
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.478
Description
Various rough sketches of figures in coats and hats, with their backs to the viewer. At the bottom there are mountain animals in similar positions as the human figures. One drawing is enclosed in a rectangle with the title DORVAL on top. There are inscriptions inside the rectangle reading: IMMIGRAT…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1957
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
26.8 x 20.5 cm
Description
Various rough sketches of figures in coats and hats, with their backs to the viewer. At the bottom there are mountain animals in similar positions as the human figures. One drawing is enclosed in a rectangle with the title DORVAL on top. There are inscriptions inside the rectangle reading: IMMIGRATION/ HUNGARIAN REFUGEES; CANADIAN REFUGEES; [bottom of rectangle] MONTREAL, JANUARY 5 1957. [verso] OWHYEE/ INCA/ INCA
Subject
immigration
refugees
animals
Montreal
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.478
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1957
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.952 v
Description
Two Christmas card sketches of animals knitting watching a person mow grass. Bottom drawing labelled “MOWING THE LAWN NOVEMBER 1957”
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1957
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
28.0 x 21.2 cm
Description
Two Christmas card sketches of animals knitting watching a person mow grass. Bottom drawing labelled “MOWING THE LAWN NOVEMBER 1957”
Subject
mowing
grass
animals
Christmas card sketch
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.952 v
Images
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This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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