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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1949
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.237
Description
Sketch and well-rendered versions of a Peter and Catharine Christmas card. The left is a rough colour sketch of a woman skiing down a hill meeting a man at the bottom with a camera. Hill is scattered with skiers that have fallen. A house or cabin peeks over the hill to the right in the background…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1949
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
23.5 x 30.5 cm
Description
Sketch and well-rendered versions of a Peter and Catharine Christmas card. The left is a rough colour sketch of a woman skiing down a hill meeting a man at the bottom with a camera. Hill is scattered with skiers that have fallen. A house or cabin peeks over the hill to the right in the background. The woman leaves a curving line in the snow down the hill. The right side is a more final version in ink with more details. “Greetings 1949” printed in BRC.
Subject
Christmas Card
Peter
Catharine
skiing
snow
ski hill
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.237
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929 – 1966
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.460
Description
On two sides of paper are sketches of outdoor mountains scenes, intended as plans for a greetings card. One scene has a sign in the foreground that reads MERRY CHRISTMAS [verso].
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1929 – 1966
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
16.0 x 20.4 cm
Description
On two sides of paper are sketches of outdoor mountains scenes, intended as plans for a greetings card. One scene has a sign in the foreground that reads MERRY CHRISTMAS [verso].
Subject
Christmas
greetings
snow
skiers;
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.460
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
c. 1923
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.606
Description
Four ink drawings of winter scenes, each enclosed in hand drawn rectangles. Drawing uses extensive line work to denote shadows.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
c. 1923
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
27.5 x 19.0 cm
Description
Four ink drawings of winter scenes, each enclosed in hand drawn rectangles. Drawing uses extensive line work to denote shadows.
Subject
winter
trees
mountains
snow
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.606
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1917 – 1929
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.607
Description
A tiny, delicately drawn ink rendering of evergreen trees on a hill. Billowing clouds are in the sky. There is a hand drawn rectangle around this scene and in the bottom left corner of the scene, a tiny W in a circle is present. Line work used for shading.The page is embossed with a letterhead in c…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1917 – 1929
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
25.5 x 19.5 cm
Description
A tiny, delicately drawn ink rendering of evergreen trees on a hill. Billowing clouds are in the sky. There is a hand drawn rectangle around this scene and in the bottom left corner of the scene, a tiny W in a circle is present. Line work used for shading.The page is embossed with a letterhead in calligraphic type: Peter White/ Banff Alberta
Subject
trees
snow
winter
clouds
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.607
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1926
Medium
ink on tracing paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.653
Description
Ink drawing on thin tracing paper of a figure with their head buried in snow, skis sticking up in the air. A hill with a winding ski trail is in the background, suggesting that this person has fallen into the snow after skiing down the hill.At the bottom is the title: YOURS TRULY
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Yours Truly
Date
1925 – 1926
Medium
ink on tracing paper
Dimensions
16.5 x 12.6 cm
Description
Ink drawing on thin tracing paper of a figure with their head buried in snow, skis sticking up in the air. A hill with a winding ski trail is in the background, suggesting that this person has fallen into the snow after skiing down the hill.At the bottom is the title: YOURS TRULY
Subject
humour
accident
ski
hill
snow
Yours Truly
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.653
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930 – 1960
Medium
ink on transparency paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.786 a-c
Description
a: top part of drawing is filled in with black ink outlining the image of six animals. Four of them are holding poles, and there are spots of black near what is the feet of the rabbit. b: ink used to fill in the shapes of the animals in the background, and then two snowshoes and poles can be seen i…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1930 – 1960
Medium
ink on transparency paper
Dimensions
12.9 x 16.4 cm
Description
a: top part of drawing is filled in with black ink outlining the image of six animals. Four of them are holding poles, and there are spots of black near what is the feet of the rabbit. b: ink used to fill in the shapes of the animals in the background, and then two snowshoes and poles can be seen in the middle of the image. c: In the middle there is a strange blob (looks like a hat and jacket) that has been filled in with ink. On either side of the shape there is sets of skis and another strange shape (that looks like a scarf) above the skis to the fair right. On all three pieces there is are crosses make out of a black ink or printed on the paper to suggest boxes that the drawings would fit into.
Subject
Christmas card
skis
poles
rabbit
toque
scarf
moose
deer
bear
snowshoes
snow
jacket
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.786 a-c
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1930
Medium
graphite; coloured graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.801
Description
Pete’s “Grandmother” is out skiing and as she goes up over a hill her left pole breaks underneath her. There are two people in the background skiing as well, and are standing by a group of trees
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1925 – 1930
Medium
graphite; coloured graphite on paper
Dimensions
22.9 x 30.3 cm
Description
Pete’s “Grandmother” is out skiing and as she goes up over a hill her left pole breaks underneath her. There are two people in the background skiing as well, and are standing by a group of trees
Subject
trees
snow
grandmother
gloves
scarf
people
skiing
poles
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.801
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite; coloured graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.826
Description
A skier has found himself on a tower of snow above the other skiers. He is looking down at it the tower, with another skier to his right looking up at him. The gentleman on the hill is wearing blue pants, a white coat, a white scarf with orange details, and a blue hat. The second skier is wearing b…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite; coloured graphite on paper
Dimensions
28.5 x 22.8 cm
Description
A skier has found himself on a tower of snow above the other skiers. He is looking down at it the tower, with another skier to his right looking up at him. The gentleman on the hill is wearing blue pants, a white coat, a white scarf with orange details, and a blue hat. The second skier is wearing blue pants, blue hat, and a yellow coat. In the background there are the ski tracks, and pole marks in the snow that lead back to two other skiers. Off to the right in the background there is a hill coloured in blue to suggest there is some distance. In the BLC written in blue pencil and appears to be erased “(Wrong Wax!!!)”
Subject
skiing, skis
winter
snow
poles
scarf
hat
coat
pants
men
man
people
tracks
hill
mound
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.826
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Banff Winter Carnival

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1924 – 1925
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.834
Description
In the top section of the poster design there is a cartoon drawing of a man in a suit jacket, vest, and tie flying through the air on skis. He has no poles in his hands suggesting that he could be ski jumping. Below the man there is three distinct mountains, with clouds behind them, and trees frami…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Banff Winter Carnival
Date
1924 – 1925
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
45.1 x 29.7 cm
Description
In the top section of the poster design there is a cartoon drawing of a man in a suit jacket, vest, and tie flying through the air on skis. He has no poles in his hands suggesting that he could be ski jumping. Below the man there is three distinct mountains, with clouds behind them, and trees framing the the edges of the drawing. Below the drawing it says “WITH APOLOGIES TO DEBECK”, “Peter White - 1924”, and “Banff WINTER CARNIVAL - FEBRUARY 7-14. 1925 - The Peoples Playground SKI-ING SWIMMING SKATING TOBOGGANING, ETC.” Surrounding the inscription it is bordered with 3mm design: two lines running parallel to each other with circles drawn in the middle.
Subject
winter
sports
snow
mountains
Rocky Mountains
Banff
Winter Carnival
skiing
swimming
skating
tobogganing
skijumping
man
suit
suit jacket
vest
tie
skis
trees
clouds
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 0
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.834
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The Six Minute Men Stage a Light Workout

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1928
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.857
Description
A group of men are out skating and playing hockey. One has fallen over and two of them appear to be falling or about to fall. Behind the figure in the foreground (the one in the air) there are two players that are skating and not having difficult. In the background there is a person standing in the…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
The Six Minute Men Stage a Light Workout
Date
1928
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
21.3 x 27.6 cm
Description
A group of men are out skating and playing hockey. One has fallen over and two of them appear to be falling or about to fall. Behind the figure in the foreground (the one in the air) there are two players that are skating and not having difficult. In the background there is a person standing in the goal minding it. Near the TLC it says “THE SIX MINUTE MEN STAGE A LIGHT WORKOUT -----------”, in the BRC it says “Peter Whyte - 28 -”, and “Drawn specially for Russ.”verso: in the TLC it says “[’Russ’ - Russell Robb II CRW’s brother Jon Whyte to 27.2.75”
Subject
winter
sports
ice
snow
hockey
skates
ice skating
puck
hockey sticks
people
men
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.857
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