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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1920 – 1940
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.830
Description
A quick sketch of a woman walking. She has bare feet and is wearing a dress that is long sleeve, the neckline starts at her neck, and goes down to her ankles. On her head she is has a cloth wrapped around her hair, and she is holding a basket up on her head with her left hand. The basket looks like…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1920 – 1940
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
24.0 x 19.5 cm
Description
A quick sketch of a woman walking. She has bare feet and is wearing a dress that is long sleeve, the neckline starts at her neck, and goes down to her ankles. On her head she is has a cloth wrapped around her hair, and she is holding a basket up on her head with her left hand. The basket looks like it has fruit in it. To the right of this sketch there is a looser sketch of the same woman, however it is of her walking away this time.
Subject
person
woman
walking
barefoot
dress
head wrap
hat
basket
food
fruit
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.830
Images
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1920 – 1940
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.831
Description
Multiple sketches of people. Near the bottom edge there is two sketches, one of a woman and one of a man and both are drawings of their heads. Above the man there is a sketch of a woman’s head in profile. She has her haired tied back in a bun and is carrying some nondescript objects on her head. Ne…
  1 image  
Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1920 – 1940
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
24.0 x 19.5 cm
Description
Multiple sketches of people. Near the bottom edge there is two sketches, one of a woman and one of a man and both are drawings of their heads. Above the man there is a sketch of a woman’s head in profile. She has her haired tied back in a bun and is carrying some nondescript objects on her head. Near the BRC there is a woman walking away from the viewer, she has her hair tied in a bun and is carrying two baskets on her head. In the TRC there is another woman standing with a basket on her head with her arms out in front of her. To the right of this drawing there is a man walking. The final sketch near the TLC is a woman carrying a basket on her head and appears to be walking barefoot.
Subject
people
men
woman
walking
baskets
barefoot
dresses
robes
clothing
clothes
hair
hairstyles
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.831
Images
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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