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Inuit Girls Sleeping, Pangnirtung

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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1970
Medium
oil on paper
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.213
Description
A small sketch of two girls lying in bed. The red blankets covering an imaginary bed are tucked underneath their necks. Their heads are turned to the side. Both of them have black hair. The background has been partially roughed in, in pencil on the bare canvas.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Inuit Girls Sleeping, Pangnirtung
Date
1970
Medium
oil on paper
Dimensions
22.8 x 30.3 cm
Description
A small sketch of two girls lying in bed. The red blankets covering an imaginary bed are tucked underneath their necks. Their heads are turned to the side. Both of them have black hair. The background has been partially roughed in, in pencil on the bare canvas.
Subject
figure, group
female
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.213
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Inuit Woman Scraping Skin, Povungnituk

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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1968
Medium
oil on paper
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.207
Description
This is a very loose line drawing of a girl bending over to pick up something in the snow. She is wearing blue pants. Her hair is black and tucked underneath her hood. The background is a bare canvas.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Inuit Woman Scraping Skin, Povungnituk
Date
1968
Medium
oil on paper
Dimensions
22.8 x 30.3 cm
Description
This is a very loose line drawing of a girl bending over to pick up something in the snow. She is wearing blue pants. Her hair is black and tucked underneath her hood. The background is a bare canvas.
Subject
figure, female
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.207
Images
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Inuit Woman Scraping Skin, Povungnituk

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.208
Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1968
Medium
oil on paper
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.208
Description
A figure is faced with their back to the viewer. They are wearing a yellowish hooded parka, with blue pants. They leaning forward on their left hand which is supporting the weight of his/her body. The sketch is done very loosely. The body is in direct contrast to the bare, white canvas background.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Inuit Woman Scraping Skin, Povungnituk
Date
1968
Medium
oil on paper
Dimensions
22.8 x 30.3 cm
Description
A figure is faced with their back to the viewer. They are wearing a yellowish hooded parka, with blue pants. They leaning forward on their left hand which is supporting the weight of his/her body. The sketch is done very loosely. The body is in direct contrast to the bare, white canvas background.
Subject
figure, female
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.208
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Inuit Woman Scraping Hide, Povungnituk

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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1968
Medium
oil on paper
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.211
Description
A young woman is sitting on her knees with out-stretched hands. She appears to be clutching something. The white parka that she is wearing completely covers her body. The hood acts like a collar around her neck. Her black hair is tucked underneath her hood.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Inuit Woman Scraping Hide, Povungnituk
Date
1968
Medium
oil on paper
Dimensions
22.8 x 30.3 cm
Description
A young woman is sitting on her knees with out-stretched hands. She appears to be clutching something. The white parka that she is wearing completely covers her body. The hood acts like a collar around her neck. Her black hair is tucked underneath her hood.
Subject
figure, female
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.211
Images
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Inuit Woman in Parka, Povungnituk

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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1968
Medium
oil on paper
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.212
Description
A young girl is walking away from the viewer. She has a black red streak of paint down the back of her coat. Her pants are blue and her coat is a pinkish white colour. The top of her braided hair is the only thing visible above her hooded coat.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Inuit Woman in Parka, Povungnituk
Date
1968
Medium
oil on paper
Dimensions
22.8 x 30.3 cm
Description
A young girl is walking away from the viewer. She has a black red streak of paint down the back of her coat. Her pants are blue and her coat is a pinkish white colour. The top of her braided hair is the only thing visible above her hooded coat.
Subject
figure, female
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.212
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1968
Medium
oil on paper
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.361
Description
Inuit person in a crouched position doing something with his hands, his parka is cream coloured, his pants are blue-black, there are two orange-red stripes on each of the cuffs of his parka.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Flensing with Ulu
Date
1968
Medium
oil on paper
Dimensions
22.8 x 30.3 cm
Description
Inuit person in a crouched position doing something with his hands, his parka is cream coloured, his pants are blue-black, there are two orange-red stripes on each of the cuffs of his parka.
Subject
figure, female
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.361
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Woman Scraping Hide with Ulu

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.300
Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.300
Description
Unfinished sketch of a figure who is kneeling to cut an object with a semi-circular knife. Only the figure is illustrated; there is no description of the object or of the background. The figure is wearing a light yellow parka (with creases coloured grey of brown) which has red trim about its sleeve…
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Woman Scraping Hide with Ulu
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
28.0 x 35.5 cm
Description
Unfinished sketch of a figure who is kneeling to cut an object with a semi-circular knife. Only the figure is illustrated; there is no description of the object or of the background. The figure is wearing a light yellow parka (with creases coloured grey of brown) which has red trim about its sleeves and base. The figure's head is surrounded by a thick collar of dark brown fur. The figure is also wearing blue and grey pants tucked into boots (coloured light yellow, grey and brown).
Subject
figure, female
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.300
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Funeral of Chief David Bearspaw

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1956
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.033
Description
Colour: multi colours on white. In the lower left corner is the backside of a sled pulled by two horses. There are figures sitting in the sled and walking beside it, also two dogs. Many figures are making their way from the right to the left of centre where there is a huge circle of figures. Ac…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Funeral of Chief David Bearspaw
Date
1956
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
90.5 x 100.8 cm
Description
Colour: multi colours on white. In the lower left corner is the backside of a sled pulled by two horses. There are figures sitting in the sled and walking beside it, also two dogs. Many figures are making their way from the right to the left of centre where there is a huge circle of figures. Across the right side in front of a fence is a row of eleven sleds. The hills beyond meet the lake up centre and the far shore of blue mountains two thirds up. The sky is streaked grey.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
transportation
figure
group
religious
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.033
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Burial of Chief David Bearspaw

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1956
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.030
Description
Colour: primaries and secondaries on blue grey background. A circle of people fill the center of the canvas. In the foreground there are dogs and three crosses at lower left. Two thirds up in the distance is a mountain range and lake. Above is sky.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Burial of Chief David Bearspaw
Date
1956
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
61.8 x 74.5 cm
Description
Colour: primaries and secondaries on blue grey background. A circle of people fill the center of the canvas. In the foreground there are dogs and three crosses at lower left. Two thirds up in the distance is a mountain range and lake. Above is sky.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
winter
figure
group
religious
funeral
Peter Whyte
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.030
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Ike Mills Bringing the Skoki Stove

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1937
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.032
Description
Colour: brown, blue, white. A team of seven dogs pulls a sled with a stove on it and a driver behind wearing snow shoes, coat and hat, brandishes a whip. It is moving to the right across white snow. The sky is blue and comes down to meet a white mountain peak of snow left of center in the upper hal…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Ike Mills Bringing the Skoki Stove
Date
1937
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
45.6 x 78.6 cm
Description
Colour: brown, blue, white. A team of seven dogs pulls a sled with a stove on it and a driver behind wearing snow shoes, coat and hat, brandishes a whip. It is moving to the right across white snow. The sky is blue and comes down to meet a white mountain peak of snow left of center in the upper half. Pete painted this to go over Ike's fireplace, where it hung for 30 years.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
winter
transportation
figure, male
animal
dog
Ike Mills
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.032
Images
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