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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
Images
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