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Artist
Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American)
Date
1812 – 1898
Medium
gouache on paper; card
Catalogue Number
PoS.07.15
Description
Hand-painted needlework pattern on gridded card depicting a geometric design in brown, light yellow, emerald green and deep blue. In the top right corner of the grid, the number “8737” is written - most likely the pattern’s number. In the top center of the grid, there are initials “?A”. The bottom …
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Artist
Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American)
Title
Needlework Pattern
Date
1812 – 1898
Medium
gouache on paper; card
Dimensions
21.5 x 28.0 cm
Description
Hand-painted needlework pattern on gridded card depicting a geometric design in brown, light yellow, emerald green and deep blue. In the top right corner of the grid, the number “8737” is written - most likely the pattern’s number. In the top center of the grid, there are initials “?A”. The bottom of the grid has an inscription that reads “P. Fritz in Berlin”. On the reverse, there is writing in the top right corner that reads “Cu G/C” (?)
Subject
geometric
border
tile
decorative
needlework
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
PoS.07.15
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Artist
Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American)
Date
1812 – 1898
Medium
wool; yarn; fibre; card on cloth; fibre
Catalogue Number
PoS.08.01a-d
Description
Four needlepoint sampler fragments with geometric designsa) orange, blue and black design in two lines, unfinished. Yellow whip stitch on one edge.b) brown and red hexagon design with black edges. Dark red whip stitch around all edgesc) green and red elongated hexagon design with black edges. Dark …
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Artist
Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American)
Title
Needlework Sampler
Date
1812 – 1898
Medium
wool; yarn; fibre; card on cloth; fibre
Description
Four needlepoint sampler fragments with geometric designsa) orange, blue and black design in two lines, unfinished. Yellow whip stitch on one edge.b) brown and red hexagon design with black edges. Dark red whip stitch around all edgesc) green and red elongated hexagon design with black edges. Dark red whip stitch around all edges except one.d) miniature green and red design on perforated card, similar to (a)Three (a,b,c) are made on large open weave cloth. (d) is made on a perforated paper or card material. (b,c) are made on cloth that has blue guidelines built into the weave. All designs are using “cross-stitch” technique, where a tent stitch is made in one direction first, then created in the opposite direction overtop to form an “x” shape.
Subject
geometric
needlework
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
PoS.08.01a-d
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Artist
Peter or Catharine Whyte
Date
1920 – 1928
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
Wy?.03.123
Description
Pen and pencil drawing of geometric shapes in perspective.
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Artist
Peter or Catharine Whyte
Title
Untitled
Date
1920 – 1928
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
45.0 x 30.5 cm
Description
Pen and pencil drawing of geometric shapes in perspective.
Subject
geometric shapes
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
Wy?.03.123
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.894
Description
Bordered off in the top section of the paper a balanced geometric design repeats across the length of the paper. It has an organic quality to the design.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
15.3 x 21.5 cm
Description
Bordered off in the top section of the paper a balanced geometric design repeats across the length of the paper. It has an organic quality to the design.
Subject
geometric
border
organic
shapes
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.894
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1915 – 1929
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.895
Description
Two drawings are divided by a line in the middle of the paper. The drawing on the left is a cone shape that has been shaded to show how light and shadow interact with the shape. The second drawing of a cylinder analyzing the same effects of light and shadow as seen in the cone.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1915 – 1929
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
15.0 x 22.5 cm
Description
Two drawings are divided by a line in the middle of the paper. The drawing on the left is a cone shape that has been shaded to show how light and shadow interact with the shape. The second drawing of a cylinder analyzing the same effects of light and shadow as seen in the cone.
Subject
geometric
shapes
cone
cylinder
light
shadow
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.895
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1915 – 1930
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.935 a,b
Description
A) Inside a border in the top section of the paper are three geometric designs. Two are filled in with ink and the other is an outline made with a pencil. Inside the fold there is block letters that have been shaded in. They spell out “LOST”. On the verso there is more lines to create other borders…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1915 – 1930
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
16.3 x 24.0 cm
Description
A) Inside a border in the top section of the paper are three geometric designs. Two are filled in with ink and the other is an outline made with a pencil. Inside the fold there is block letters that have been shaded in. They spell out “LOST”. On the verso there is more lines to create other borders. B) The stencil used to make the geometric shape. There is ink all around the cut edges from wear it filled in the pattern on the other paper.
Subject
shape
geometric
pattern
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.935 a,b
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