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A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930 – 1960
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.773
Description
Peter is taking a nap on three logs that have three squirrels on the top, three birds rest on his body. At his feet there is a stump with an axe in it, with three more birds watching Peter and beside the stump there is a bear. Peter has comic “z’s” coming up from his body where in a conversation bu…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Date
1930 – 1960
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
10.0 x 16.0 cm
Description
Peter is taking a nap on three logs that have three squirrels on the top, three birds rest on his body. At his feet there is a stump with an axe in it, with three more birds watching Peter and beside the stump there is a bear. Peter has comic “z’s” coming up from his body where in a conversation bubble he describes his dream of sitting at a table with Catharine around a meal. Written along the top edge “TO MOTHER ROBB FROM PETER” and along the bottom edge “A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR”
Subject
Christmas card
New year
logs
axe
stump
bear
birds
squirrels
man
sleeping
coupe
woman
mean
chair
table
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.773
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Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930 – 1960
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.769
Description
Peter is driving their vehicle towards Concord (as depicted in the sign), just below the back end of the vehicle there is an erased sign that pointed to Banff in the opposite direction. There is a band of animals with Peter as he drives. At the bottom of the drawing it says “SEASONS GREETINGS CATHA…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter
Date
1930 – 1960
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
22.8 x 30.4 cm
Description
Peter is driving their vehicle towards Concord (as depicted in the sign), just below the back end of the vehicle there is an erased sign that pointed to Banff in the opposite direction. There is a band of animals with Peter as he drives. At the bottom of the drawing it says “SEASONS GREETINGS CATHARINE AND PETER” and “29.1”in the BRC
Subject
vehicle
Concord
Banff
Christmas card
driver
man
birds
rabbit
wolf
squirrel
bear
deer
moose
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.769
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Season’s Greetings Catharine and Peter

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1955
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.936
Description
The 1955 Christmas card design. Peter is standing beside Catharine who is sitting on a tree stump. They are watching a group of animals paint the mountain scene in the background. Below the drawing it says “SEASON’S GREETINGS 1955 CATHARINE AND PETER”verso: ink marks along the left edge
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Season’s Greetings Catharine and Peter
Date
1955
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
18.4 x 28.8 cm
Description
The 1955 Christmas card design. Peter is standing beside Catharine who is sitting on a tree stump. They are watching a group of animals paint the mountain scene in the background. Below the drawing it says “SEASON’S GREETINGS 1955 CATHARINE AND PETER”verso: ink marks along the left edge
Subject
Christmas card
people
man
woman
animal
moose
deer
bear
squirrel
bird
rabbit
wolf
landscape
mountain
Rocky Mountains
painting
canvas
brush
paint
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.936
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Season’s Greetings Catharine and Peter

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1955
Medium
coloured ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.04.37
Description
A final version of the 1955 Christmas card. Peter is standing beside Catharine who is sitting on a stump. Peter appears to be holding Catharine’s hand. They are watching a group of animals sitting at easels painting landscapes on canvas. In the background there is a mountain range.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Season’s Greetings Catharine and Peter
Date
1955
Medium
coloured ink on paper
Dimensions
10.8 x 15.7 cm
Description
A final version of the 1955 Christmas card. Peter is standing beside Catharine who is sitting on a stump. Peter appears to be holding Catharine’s hand. They are watching a group of animals sitting at easels painting landscapes on canvas. In the background there is a mountain range.
Subject
Christmas card
animal
moose
bear
deer
wolf
squirrel
rabbit
bird
mountains
Rocky Mountains
painting
paint
canvas
easel
art
people
man
woman
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.04.37
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Season’s Greetings Peter and Catharine

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1954
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.937
Description
The 1954 Christmas card. Peter and Catharine sit on stools at their easels painting the mountain landscape in front of them. There is a group of animals standing around watching them. Written below the drawing it says “SEASON’S GREETINGS 1954 PETER AND CATHARINE”.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Season’s Greetings Peter and Catharine
Date
1954
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
19.8 x 30.3 cm
Description
The 1954 Christmas card. Peter and Catharine sit on stools at their easels painting the mountain landscape in front of them. There is a group of animals standing around watching them. Written below the drawing it says “SEASON’S GREETINGS 1954 PETER AND CATHARINE”.
Subject
people
man
woman
animal
moose
rabbit
wolf
squirrel
bird
bear
deer
mountain
Rocky Mountains
painting
pain
furniture
stool
paint
canvas
easel
Christmas card
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.937
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Season’s Greetings Peter and Catharine

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1954
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.04.36
Description
On the bottom half of the paper there is a final printed version of the 1954 Christmas card. Peter and Catharine are sitting on stools working on paintings at their easels. They are painting a mountain and lake landscape that is in front of them. There is a group of animals sitting around them watc…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Season’s Greetings Peter and Catharine
Date
1954
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
21.5 x 16.2 cm
Description
On the bottom half of the paper there is a final printed version of the 1954 Christmas card. Peter and Catharine are sitting on stools working on paintings at their easels. They are painting a mountain and lake landscape that is in front of them. There is a group of animals sitting around them watching them paint. Below the print it says “SEASON’S GREETINGS 1954 PETER AND CATHARINE”.verso: multiple watercolour paint swatches on the back.
Subject
Christmas card
painting
easel
canvas
paint
brush
people
man
woman
animal
moose
deer
squirrel
wolf
rabbit
bear
bird
landscape
mountain
water
lake
Rocky Mountains
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.04.36
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Seasons Greetings Peter and Catharine 1954

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1954
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.799
Description
Peter and Catharine are sitting on stools at their easels painting a mountain landscape in front of them. There is a group of animals sitting around them watching them paint. On the bottom edge of the drawing it says “SEASONS GREETINGS 1954 PETER AND CATHARINE”verso: rough sketch of the same drawin…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Seasons Greetings Peter and Catharine 1954
Date
1954
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
21.1 x 27.6 cm
Description
Peter and Catharine are sitting on stools at their easels painting a mountain landscape in front of them. There is a group of animals sitting around them watching them paint. On the bottom edge of the drawing it says “SEASONS GREETINGS 1954 PETER AND CATHARINE”verso: rough sketch of the same drawing that is on the front side. This image though is only of Peter painting, a rough idea of where Catharine would be sitting, and the moose.
Subject
Christmas card
painting
paint
brushes
hat
easel
canvas
birds
mountain range
mountain
grass
stump
moose
bear
deer
squirrel
wolf
stool
man
woman
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.799
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930 – 1960
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.774
Description
Framed by an orange border of a card face, a drawing of Catharine and Peter sitting in there home. Catharine is knitting in her chair as Peter sits and reads the paper. On the walls there is two paintings and in the big window a group of animals is watching them. The drawing is adhered onto the ora…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1930 – 1960
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
12.0 x 15.7 cm
Description
Framed by an orange border of a card face, a drawing of Catharine and Peter sitting in there home. Catharine is knitting in her chair as Peter sits and reads the paper. On the walls there is two paintings and in the big window a group of animals is watching them. The drawing is adhered onto the orange front of another piece of paper. inside the fold: the paper is actually made into a card, and on the inside in pencil is says “SEASONS GREETINGS”
Subject
orange
card
Christmas card
man
woman
reading
newspaper
house
chairs
knitting
paintings
window
moose
bird
bear
dear
wolf
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.774
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930 – 1960
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.775
Description
Boxed off there is a group of animals are standing around a statue (potentially a war memorial) taking photographs. Below this drawing there is a close-up of the statue in the first drawing. It is positioned from the figures back, and he is wearing a hat and what appears to be a working man’s wardr…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1930 – 1960
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
28.0 x 21.5 cm
Description
Boxed off there is a group of animals are standing around a statue (potentially a war memorial) taking photographs. Below this drawing there is a close-up of the statue in the first drawing. It is positioned from the figures back, and he is wearing a hat and what appears to be a working man’s wardrobe
Subject
Christmas card
moose
bird
rabbit
squirrel
deer
bear
wolf
camera
photo
statue
figure
war memorial
hat
working man
worker’s cloths
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.775
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1955
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.804
Description
Ten small drawings of different activities occurring. 1) three people are walking over a hill with a couple of animals, 2) a group of people appear to be travelling in a convoy with a horse dragging goods behind it, 3) a group of people on horses moving across the land, 4) a person on a horse that …
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1955
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
21.3 x 27.7 cm
Description
Ten small drawings of different activities occurring. 1) three people are walking over a hill with a couple of animals, 2) a group of people appear to be travelling in a convoy with a horse dragging goods behind it, 3) a group of people on horses moving across the land, 4) a person on a horse that is pulling supplies are coming up over a hill, there are tipis off in the background, 5) a group in a wagon follow behind another heading towards the mountains, 6) possibly a small hut with a person, and there is a hide stretched out on poles, 7) a group of people have assembled in an open area outdoors, 8) a person who appears to have a some sort of head ornament on is preparing to shoot an arrow with their bow, 9) a wooden drying rack with meat hanging from it, in front of it there looks like two people are sitting on the ground, and 10) a group of huts lined up near trees, there appears to be smoke coming out of ventilation areas on the roof. verso: a sketch of the 1955 Christmas card, another boxed off drawing of a person appearing to be playing a drum, a drawing that has some similarities to “Seven Teepees” (though completed about 20 years earlier, and a final boxed off drawing of a native man wearing a headdress.
Subject
tanning
hide
meat
meat drying
wagon
horse
people
hut
bow and arrow
tipi
headdress
Christmas card
moose
bear
deer
squirrel
man
woman
painting
easel
canvas
paint brush
music
drum
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.804
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