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An Evolution in Leg Wear Commonly Known as Pants

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.755
Description
Simple sketches of different types of pants wore throughout a man’s life, ranging from different types of work (or lack there of) and his childhood. Beside each pair of pants they are labelled with a number and the type of pants that are drawn. In the BRC it says “AN EVOLUTION IN LEG WEAR COMMONLY …
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
An Evolution in Leg Wear Commonly Known as Pants
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
14.0 x 21.0 cm
Description
Simple sketches of different types of pants wore throughout a man’s life, ranging from different types of work (or lack there of) and his childhood. Beside each pair of pants they are labelled with a number and the type of pants that are drawn. In the BRC it says “AN EVOLUTION IN LEG WEAR COMMONLY KNOWN AS PANTS. GO BY THE NUMBERS”verso: in the BRC there appears to be a sketch of a man signing, above him there are images of two people that have been cut off (making it difficult to tell what they are doing), and “ato min” written. To the left of the man signing there appears to be music notes and the letters “KT”
Subject
baby
kid
youth
army
R.N.W.M.P.
civic
tramp
pants
singing
men
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.755
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Date
1925 – 1930
Material
wood; metal
Catalogue Number
107.02.1017
Description
Three-quarter view of a woman sitting on a flat surfaced block. The block is tapered down with 4 nails at the corners (probably used as a sign post). The bottom third has bark from the tree intact. The arms of the woman had long ago been broken off. A bent-over nail in back for hanging.
Title
Figure Carving
Date
1925 – 1930
Material
wood; metal
Dimensions
88.0 x 15.0 x 22.0 cm
Description
Three-quarter view of a woman sitting on a flat surfaced block. The block is tapered down with 4 nails at the corners (probably used as a sign post). The bottom third has bark from the tree intact. The arms of the woman had long ago been broken off. A bent-over nail in back for hanging.
Subject
Wardens
Parks Canada
Jack Fuller
Singing Meadows
Pipestone River
hobbies
carving
Credit
Gift of Brad White, Banff, 1986
Catalogue Number
107.02.1017
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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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This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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