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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.702
Description
Man walking over a hill carrying a gun, leaving footprints in the snow behind him. Above figure in TLC “Wot the ell!!!” (assumption that figure means “What the hell” but is stating it in an accent), and in BRC it says “Merry Christmas”
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
25.5 x 16.2 cm
Description
Man walking over a hill carrying a gun, leaving footprints in the snow behind him. Above figure in TLC “Wot the ell!!!” (assumption that figure means “What the hell” but is stating it in an accent), and in BRC it says “Merry Christmas”
Subject
snow
Merry Christmas
man
gun
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.702
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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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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.837
Description
Two drawings are divided by a fold in the paper. The top half of the paper is a man on skis that are coming together in the back, and he appears to be falling over backwards. One of the poles is pointed in front of him and the other behind his body. In the background there is some trees along the h…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
26.9 x 18.9 cm
Description
Two drawings are divided by a fold in the paper. The top half of the paper is a man on skis that are coming together in the back, and he appears to be falling over backwards. One of the poles is pointed in front of him and the other behind his body. In the background there is some trees along the hill. The drawing on the bottom half of the paper is of a skier that has fallen down. One of his skis and poles is pointing up into the air.
Subject
skiing
skier
skis
poles
winter
sports
hill
snow
people
man
trees
pine trees
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.837
Images
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.844
Description
There are two boxed off drawings, one in the top half and the other in the bottom half. The drawing on in the top half is a scene of two people (a man and a child) on their skies standing in some tracks of people that can be seen further up. In the background there is a mountain range. In the secon…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
21.3 x 27.6 cm
Description
There are two boxed off drawings, one in the top half and the other in the bottom half. The drawing on in the top half is a scene of two people (a man and a child) on their skies standing in some tracks of people that can be seen further up. In the background there is a mountain range. In the second drawing below it is another winter scene of people skiing through the mountains. They are off in the distance, though their tracks lead right up to the edge of the drawing. In the background there is a mountain range with a cloud in the sky.
Subject
mountains
Rocky Mountains
people
man
child
group
skiing
skis
poles
winter
snow
sports
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.844
Images
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