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Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter 1949

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1949
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.722
Description
Rough sketch of the 1949 Christmas card. Scene depicts what looks like Norquay in the background, their home, and animals coming to and from the cabin. There is a rabbit watching the animals visiting and leaving the house, and a figure is slipping in a chair by the chimney stack. On the top edge “S…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter 1949
Date
1949
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
21.4 x 28.0 cm
Description
Rough sketch of the 1949 Christmas card. Scene depicts what looks like Norquay in the background, their home, and animals coming to and from the cabin. There is a rabbit watching the animals visiting and leaving the house, and a figure is slipping in a chair by the chimney stack. On the top edge “SEASONS GREETINGS 1949” and on the bottom edge “CATHARINE AND PETER,” and “Peter Whyte” can be read. Near the TLC different dimensions are written out: “4 3/8 x 6 3/4” (above 6 3/4 there is a faint 6/8 written), “2 4 1/2 3 3/8,” “4 3/8 x 1 1/2.”verso: there is another rough sketch of the same scene seen on the the front side of the paper. In this image though there is no mountains in the background or the tree in front of the house.
Subject
Christmas card
mountains
tree
house
cabin
rabbit
mouse
wolf
deer
bird
figure
sleeping
chimney
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.722
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1917 – 1929
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.572
Description
A pencil drawing of an oblique view of a house with snow on its roof. Leafless tress partially obstruct the view of the house, and the space onto which the house looks is empty, suggesting a road. Signed P. Whyte in cursive in brc.
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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 pencil drawing of an oblique view of a house with snow on its roof. Leafless tress partially obstruct the view of the house, and the space onto which the house looks is empty, suggesting a road. Signed P. Whyte in cursive in brc.
Subject
house
snow
winter
tree
road
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.572
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1914 – 1925
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.666
Description
Pencil drawing of a house that appears to be unfinished, since the roof on the viewer’s right is not supported by walls. The house is elevated from the ground to its left, where a tree stands.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1914 – 1925
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
15.0 x 22.5 cm
Description
Pencil drawing of a house that appears to be unfinished, since the roof on the viewer’s right is not supported by walls. The house is elevated from the ground to its left, where a tree stands.
Subject
house
tree
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.666
Images
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.889
Description
A palm tree on a beach, with a house and more palms behind it to the left. The water to the right goes around the shore line emphasising the mountains in the background. There is a volcano behind the house with smoke billowing into the air. verso: a sketch of a mountain pass. There is a road that g…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
12.6 x 20.2 cm
Description
A palm tree on a beach, with a house and more palms behind it to the left. The water to the right goes around the shore line emphasising the mountains in the background. There is a volcano behind the house with smoke billowing into the air. verso: a sketch of a mountain pass. There is a road that goes around a mountain, that is supported by a bridge with arches. In the valley there is a river that is flowing through and another mountain rising up beside it.
Subject
volcano
tropical
palm tree
tree
house
smoke
mountains
ocean
river
water
bridge
road
arches
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.889
Images
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1915 – 1925
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.907
Description
A house with a fence going around it’s left side, there are trees and bushes in the yard. Across from the house there is a fenced corral. In the background there is a mountain range with a few clouds in the sky.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1915 – 1925
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
15.0 x 22.5 cm
Description
A house with a fence going around it’s left side, there are trees and bushes in the yard. Across from the house there is a fenced corral. In the background there is a mountain range with a few clouds in the sky.
Subject
mountains
Rocky Mountains
clouds
foothills
house
farm
ranch
corral
fence
tree
bushes
vegetation
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.907
Images
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