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Drunk Last Night... Drunk the Night Before [I]

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1921
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.621
Description
Ink cartoon drawing of a man in a top hat and tuxedo yawning amongst musical notes. His squinting eyes are represented by crosses on his face. In the bottom left corner, the words DRUNK LAST NIGHT/ DRUNK THE NIGHT BEFORE appear. Signed P.W /21 in bottom left.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Drunk Last Night... Drunk the Night Before [I]
Date
1921
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
22.0 x 14.5 cm
Description
Ink cartoon drawing of a man in a top hat and tuxedo yawning amongst musical notes. His squinting eyes are represented by crosses on his face. In the bottom left corner, the words DRUNK LAST NIGHT/ DRUNK THE NIGHT BEFORE appear. Signed P.W /21 in bottom left.
Subject
drinking
drunk
top hat
yawn
man
tuxedo
liquor
music
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.621
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1916 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.751
Description
A quick sketch - has a cartoon quality to it - of performers doing their act on stage, with a orchestra playing music in the orchestra pit. Above the performers there are three small drawings referencing activities to do in Banff: near the TLC of drawing is one about the theatre “LUX THEATRE”, in t…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1916 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
21.0 x 23.3 cm
Description
A quick sketch - has a cartoon quality to it - of performers doing their act on stage, with a orchestra playing music in the orchestra pit. Above the performers there are three small drawings referencing activities to do in Banff: near the TLC of drawing is one about the theatre “LUX THEATRE”, in the middle near the top edge of drawing a boat with people “TO ENJOY BANFF GO ON THE RIVER,” and near the TRC of the drawing a vehicle “BREWSTER TRANSPORT.”
Subject
Lux theatre
Banff
Bow River
Brewster Transport
dancing
ballerina
acrobatics
comedy
actors
acting
music
orchestra
orchestra pit
boat
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.751
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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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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1940 – 1950
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.815
Description
A large group of First Nations are gathered together in a circle, and most of them are looking on at a gentleman with a drum. In the background there is a group of four tipis placed together.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1940 – 1950
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
23.2 x 30.7 cm
Description
A large group of First Nations are gathered together in a circle, and most of them are looking on at a gentleman with a drum. In the background there is a group of four tipis placed together.
Subject
Pow Wow
Indigenous
crowd
people
drum
music
tipis
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.815
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1915 – 1925
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.898
Description
On a telephone pole and wire there is a group of six black birds. The two on the far right are flying in and landing. Three are sitting looking in different directions, and the the last one that is closest to the pole is singing. There are musical notes around his beak.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1915 – 1925
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
21.6 x 27.9 cm
Description
On a telephone pole and wire there is a group of six black birds. The two on the far right are flying in and landing. Three are sitting looking in different directions, and the the last one that is closest to the pole is singing. There are musical notes around his beak.
Subject
pole
telephone pole
cable
wire
animals
bird
black birds
flying
music
sound
musical notes
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.898
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1924
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.951 L
Description
Ink hatching of man playing guitar leaning on stone wall with full moon
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1924
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
29.8 x 22.4 cm
Description
Ink hatching of man playing guitar leaning on stone wall with full moon
Subject
music
moon
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.951 L
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour; ink; graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.312
Description
A paper with watercolour, ink and pencil drawings on both sides. Side 1: There are three drawings, one larger on, which occupies the left half of the page and two small drawings, vertically arranged in the right half of the page. The larger drawing on the left is of a caricature of a Japanese perso…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour; ink; graphite on paper
Dimensions
23.0 x 29.0 cm
Description
A paper with watercolour, ink and pencil drawings on both sides. Side 1: There are three drawings, one larger on, which occupies the left half of the page and two small drawings, vertically arranged in the right half of the page. The larger drawing on the left is of a caricature of a Japanese person. His eyes are severely slanted and head and facial hair is spiked. His body faces the viewer’s left, but his head is turned to look squarely at the viewer. His clothing is a long-sleeved smock and long skirt that show barely any skin. On the right side of the page, the top drawing is a First Nations village where three figures stand in foreground. The middle figure wears a Hudson’s Bay blanket coat. To the right of these figures, and in the background are three teepees and simplified figures. The lower drawing on the right side is of a seated First Nations woman in a red and brown shawl and yellow hood. He profile is visible. She carried a small child on her back and shoulders with a sling. Large black ink marks separate the left and right rides of this page.Verso: Drawing is oriented upside-down. Ink and pencil drawings of three seated figures in large kimonos. the central figure plays a stringed instrument. He, and the figure to his left are frontal, but the figure to his right is seated in profile. In the middle of these figures sits a box and a barrel with two sticks in it. Their dark hair, clothing, and facial features indicate that they are Japanese.
Subject
Japanese
Indigenous
culture
music
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.312
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
coloured graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.729
Description
Small drawing of a man in a suit playing a violin in the TLC, below there is an inscription written in cursive saying, “I’ll send the Pop Concert over later they need fixing. It won’t fit into this complicated arrangement!”
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
coloured graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
9.4 x 7.5 cm
Description
Small drawing of a man in a suit playing a violin in the TLC, below there is an inscription written in cursive saying, “I’ll send the Pop Concert over later they need fixing. It won’t fit into this complicated arrangement!”
Subject
violin
music
man
suit
chair
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.729
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.731
Description
A group of children signing together in a background while a lady plays a grand piano in the foreground. There are lines extending from the piano to emphasis music being played, and these lines direct the viewers attention to a little stick figure dancing on the ground to the right of the piano. ve…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1930
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
10.0 x 15.0 cm
Description
A group of children signing together in a background while a lady plays a grand piano in the foreground. There are lines extending from the piano to emphasis music being played, and these lines direct the viewers attention to a little stick figure dancing on the ground to the right of the piano. verso: in the TRC “Concord November 1930”
Subject
woman
children
grand piano
music
singing
stick figure
dancing
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.731
Images
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