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Eskimo Children II, Resolute Bay, N.W.T.
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactdak.02.01
- Date
- 1960
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.02.01
- Description
- The faces of three children look out from parka hoods. Behind in the distance are mountains.
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- Title
- Eskimo Children II, Resolute Bay, N.W.T.
- Date
- 1960
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 75.0 x 62.3 cm
- Description
- The faces of three children look out from parka hoods. Behind in the distance are mountains.
- Credit
- Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- DaK.02.01
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Nine Arctic Birds
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactkia.04.01
- Date
- 1960
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KiA.04.01
- Description
- Two rows of bird silhouettes; top row has 5 birds, all different in various poses, roughly the same size; the bottom row has 4 birds, all different, 2 on left same size as the top row, 2 bottom right are larger; they are all a light gray/blue with darker at tips; the centre top bird has some brown;…
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- Title
- Nine Arctic Birds
- Date
- 1960
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 29.5; 39.2 x 49.0; 63.5 cm
- Description
- Two rows of bird silhouettes; top row has 5 birds, all different in various poses, roughly the same size; the bottom row has 4 birds, all different, 2 on left same size as the top row, 2 bottom right are larger; they are all a light gray/blue with darker at tips; the centre top bird has some brown; artists chop has 2 red boxes with symbols and an igloo; written in pencil in English from left bottom edge: Nine Arctic Birds Skin Stencil 9/50 Cape Dorset Baffin Island 1960 Kiakshuk.
- Subject
- animal, bird, group
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- KiA.04.01
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Seal Group of 4
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.06.16%20a-d
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.16 a-d
- Description
- Group of seals carved from light green stone. (a) Irregular shaped base 1.2 high, has carved edges. On this base is a seal 3.0 x 6.0 x 3.5. (b) 2.6x7.2x2.5, lying on left side (c) 2.5 x6.0 x 3.5 lying on belly (d) 2.5 x 6.5 x 3.3 lying on belly. All have carved fins and tails, facial features…
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Seal Group of 4
- Date
- 1962
- Description
- Group of seals carved from light green stone. (a) Irregular shaped base 1.2 high, has carved edges. On this base is a seal 3.0 x 6.0 x 3.5. (b) 2.6x7.2x2.5, lying on left side (c) 2.5 x6.0 x 3.5 lying on belly (d) 2.5 x 6.5 x 3.3 lying on belly. All have carved fins and tails, facial features inscribed.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.16 a-d
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Pair of Ivory Murrs on Base
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactaml.06.01%20a-c
- Date
- 1962
- Catalogue Number
- AmL.06.01 a-c
- Description
- A pair of ivory murrs on a green stone base. (a) base irregularly shaped base, flat on bottom, 7.0 x 4.2 (b) stylized bird 4.8 long, holes drilled for eyes, black inside (c) bird same as (b) 6.3 long
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- Title
- Pair of Ivory Murrs on Base
- Date
- 1962
- Description
- A pair of ivory murrs on a green stone base. (a) base irregularly shaped base, flat on bottom, 7.0 x 4.2 (b) stylized bird 4.8 long, holes drilled for eyes, black inside (c) bird same as (b) 6.3 long
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- AmL.06.01 a-c
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Three Caribou Swimming
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactarn.06.01%20a-c
- Date
- 1967
- Medium
- bone
- Catalogue Number
- ArN.06.01 a-c
- Description
- Three stylized swimming caribou with antlers, each animal carved in one piece with shaped bone antlers inserted into forehead, all have ears and painted round eyes and a tail, mouths open (no legs). B and c bodies arch slightly to the right. (a) 4.5x.8x17.3, antlers ca 5.0 long x .3. (b) 5.5x1.5…
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- Title
- Three Caribou Swimming
- Date
- 1967
- Medium
- bone
- Description
- Three stylized swimming caribou with antlers, each animal carved in one piece with shaped bone antlers inserted into forehead, all have ears and painted round eyes and a tail, mouths open (no legs). B and c bodies arch slightly to the right. (a) 4.5x.8x17.3, antlers ca 5.0 long x .3. (b) 5.5x1.5x17.0, antlers ca 3.5 long x .3. (c) 5.0x1.2x17.5, antlers ca 4.0 long x .4. Were originally glued together as a group, (a) has become separated from (b) and (c)
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- ArN.06.01 a-c
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Inuit Girls Sleeping, Pangnirtung
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.213
- 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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- 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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- Date
- 1974
- Medium
- stonecut on paper
- Catalogue Number
- NoN.04.02
- Description
- 4 parka clad people in a boat, all have oars; a harpoon is cocked at the stern; the picture has very little detail colours are black and dark brown; the writing from left: Solomon Karpik Whale Hunting Pangnirtung /74 4/40.Bottom text reads “ᓇᐅᔪ ᓂᑯᑎᒧᓯ Solomon Karpik Whale Hunting Pangnirtung /74 ᐸᖕ…
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- Title
- Whale Hunting
- Date
- 1974
- Medium
- stonecut on paper
- Dimensions
- 12.0; 31.5 x 31.5; 43.0 cm
- Description
- 4 parka clad people in a boat, all have oars; a harpoon is cocked at the stern; the picture has very little detail colours are black and dark brown; the writing from left: Solomon Karpik Whale Hunting Pangnirtung /74 4/40.Bottom text reads “ᓇᐅᔪ ᓂᑯᑎᒧᓯ Solomon Karpik Whale Hunting Pangnirtung /74 ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑐᒃ 4/40”Back reads “43/75”Pangnirtung kamik stamp on blc of print.
- Subject
- figure, group
- hunting
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- NoN.04.02
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Children Playing
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacttom.06.01
- Artist
- Tommy
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- ToM.06.01
- Description
- Mottled black stone. 2 sitting children facing each other, legs entwined, arms up against each other, cover the face of the smaller child. The bigger child's parka hood is off,carved features, appear to be smiling.
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- Artist
- Tommy
- Title
- Children Playing
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Dimensions
- 11.0 x 10.5 cm
- Description
- Mottled black stone. 2 sitting children facing each other, legs entwined, arms up against each other, cover the face of the smaller child. The bigger child's parka hood is off,carved features, appear to be smiling.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- ToM.06.01
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.26 a-d
- Description
- mottled green stone; flying owl feeding 2 young in nest; carved owl has wings outstretched 15.0; body length 9.0; round inlaid eyes; ivory legs stick ca. 0.7; base (11.0x7.0x5.6) has a ledge on which is a nest; 2 holes drilled in nest; hole drilled dexter side; 2 small stone owls with necks ou…
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Owl with Young
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Description
- mottled green stone; flying owl feeding 2 young in nest; carved owl has wings outstretched 15.0; body length 9.0; round inlaid eyes; ivory legs stick ca. 0.7; base (11.0x7.0x5.6) has a ledge on which is a nest; 2 holes drilled in nest; hole drilled dexter side; 2 small stone owls with necks outstretched; hole in bottom centre with wood pegs to sit in nest; 8.5 long x 0.3 dia ivory pegs sticks into side of base and bottom of large owl enabling the owl to hover over nest.
- Subject
- animal, bird
- owl
- group
- chicks
- fledgeling
- nest
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.26 a-d
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Four Inuit Figures
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactmaa.06.01
- Artist
- Annie Markosie (1935 – )
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- MaA.06.01
- Description
- Four parka clad figures are grouped together in an acrobatic game. The front figure is bent over, hands holding on to a serrated form, another figure is standing on his shoulders, facing the other direction, he too is bent over. This figure has his hands on the shoulders of another figure who is ha…
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- Artist
- Annie Markosie (1935 – )
- Title
- Four Inuit Figures
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- stone
- Dimensions
- 27 x 7.0 x 29 cm
- Description
- Four parka clad figures are grouped together in an acrobatic game. The front figure is bent over, hands holding on to a serrated form, another figure is standing on his shoulders, facing the other direction, he too is bent over. This figure has his hands on the shoulders of another figure who is half on the back of the first one, he is facing the same direction as the second. The figure on the back is facing the same direction as the first and has his hands around a sack into which they appear to be stuffing the third person. Broad shapes of their clothing is carved. All have well defined facial features, eyebrows are delicately incised. Scratched into bottom: Markossie. Ann and 7N23 or 71123.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971
- Catalogue Number
- MaA.06.01
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