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Artist
Unknown
Date
n.d.
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.89
Description
A whimsical compass from an Exceptional Pass exhibition. At one end is a compass. At the other is a series of tiny gears. These are attached to a cylindrical, white ceramic piece that is narrower in the middle. Strings of beads with bells at the ends of them encircle this narrower area. Blue a…
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Untitled
Date
n.d.
Dimensions
6.5 x 5.8 x 5.8 cm
Description
A whimsical compass from an Exceptional Pass exhibition. At one end is a compass. At the other is a series of tiny gears. These are attached to a cylindrical, white ceramic piece that is narrower in the middle. Strings of beads with bells at the ends of them encircle this narrower area. Blue and yellow plastic jewels decorate the wider part.
Subject
whimsy
compass
Credit
Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2002
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.89
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.384
Description
Pencil diagram of a circle with marks around its circumference approximately every 1.5 cm. At the top of the circle, moving clockwise, the marks are labeled: 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 17, 16, 15, 14, 12, 11, 10. At 9, LP is labeled. At 1, DOOR is labeled. At 6, 7, and 12, TRIPOD is labeled. There…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
21.3 x 27.2 cm
Description
Pencil diagram of a circle with marks around its circumference approximately every 1.5 cm. At the top of the circle, moving clockwise, the marks are labeled: 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 17, 16, 15, 14, 12, 11, 10. At 9, LP is labeled. At 1, DOOR is labeled. At 6, 7, and 12, TRIPOD is labeled. There is an asterisk in the centre of the circle.
Subject
compass
circle
diagram
drawing
numbers
Peter Whyte
tripod
door
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.384
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1917 – 1929
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.582
Description
A drawing of a fountain pen, an open compass, and a protractor (from left to right) occupies the left side of the paper. there is a vertical line to the right of this drawing that divides the paper in half and the right side is empty.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1917 – 1929
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
15.1 x 22.5 cm
Description
A drawing of a fountain pen, an open compass, and a protractor (from left to right) occupies the left side of the paper. there is a vertical line to the right of this drawing that divides the paper in half and the right side is empty.
Subject
pen
protractor
compass
geometry
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.582
Images
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