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Untitled [Plaster Cast Head]

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925
Medium
graphite on conte paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.014
Description
A portrait study of a head drawn from a classical sculpture. The young boy has lots of hair and is smiling slightly, and head is turned slightly to viewers right.In the brc: marks, almost scribbles, charcoal marks, faint traces of shapes
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Plaster Cast Head]
Date
1925
Medium
graphite on conte paper
Dimensions
63.5 x 48.5 cm
Description
A portrait study of a head drawn from a classical sculpture. The young boy has lots of hair and is smiling slightly, and head is turned slightly to viewers right.In the brc: marks, almost scribbles, charcoal marks, faint traces of shapes
Subject
study
portrait
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.014
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925
Medium
conté on conte paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.019
Description
A portrait study of a female sitter. She has dark chin-length hair, looking to viewers’ right, eyes set in shadows, wearing a pearl necklace with the collar of her dark shirt just visible.Faint lines (transfer from another drawing?) at her left shoulder and neck.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1925
Medium
conté on conte paper
Dimensions
63.0 x 48.0 cm
Description
A portrait study of a female sitter. She has dark chin-length hair, looking to viewers’ right, eyes set in shadows, wearing a pearl necklace with the collar of her dark shirt just visible.Faint lines (transfer from another drawing?) at her left shoulder and neck.
Subject
study
portrait
female
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.019
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1926
Medium
graphite on conte paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.017
Description
A portrait of the head, neck, shoulders of a male sitter wearing a suit and tie with dark hair. On the paper the artist has written ‘A.V. + Peter White / M.N.A.S. 1926.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1926
Medium
graphite on conte paper
Dimensions
63.5 x 47.5 cm
Description
A portrait of the head, neck, shoulders of a male sitter wearing a suit and tie with dark hair. On the paper the artist has written ‘A.V. + Peter White / M.N.A.S. 1926.
Subject
study
portrait
male
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.017
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Untitled [Drawing of Discobolus, front view]

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1926
Medium
graphite on conte paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.025
Description
A male figure throwing discuss. Figure is bend forward with left arm in front. Both knees are bent. Right arm swings discus backwards, poised to throw it.Faint lines likely used to guide anatomical proportions.Faint lines or drawings around figure possibly from transfer or smudging. Faint watermark…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Drawing of Discobolus, front view]
Date
1926
Medium
graphite on conte paper
Dimensions
63.5 x 48.0 cm
Description
A male figure throwing discuss. Figure is bend forward with left arm in front. Both knees are bent. Right arm swings discus backwards, poised to throw it.Faint lines likely used to guide anatomical proportions.Faint lines or drawings around figure possibly from transfer or smudging. Faint watermark along top edge: USA Strathmore CharcoalBottom left corner is stamped with circular STRATHMORE PAPERE and thistle design.Top Right: Peter White - 6-4-26/ Museum of Fine Arts
Subject
study
figure
male
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.025
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1927
Medium
charcoal on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.011
Description
A portrait study of Catharine Robb with a dark cloth head covering and wisps of hair escaping.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1927
Medium
charcoal on paper
Dimensions
63.5 x 48.0 cm
Description
A portrait study of Catharine Robb with a dark cloth head covering and wisps of hair escaping.
Subject
study
portrait
female
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.011
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1934 – 1934
Medium
graphite; on paper;
Catalogue Number
WyP.09.25
Description
Spiral-bound sketchbook with red and white-patterned cardboard covers and a black fabric elastic band attached to the back cover for the purpose of holding the book closed. A white paper sticker is adhered to the front cover with “Spring Block, Drawing Paper, By T.S.” printed in black on it - “Pete…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1934 – 1934
Medium
graphite; on paper;
Dimensions
24.8 x 19.0 cm
Description
Spiral-bound sketchbook with red and white-patterned cardboard covers and a black fabric elastic band attached to the back cover for the purpose of holding the book closed. A white paper sticker is adhered to the front cover with “Spring Block, Drawing Paper, By T.S.” printed in black on it - “Peter Whyte” is written in pencil in the TLC. Contents include scene sketches from a 1934 trip to Japan by Peter and Catharine. Consists mostly of people sitting at tables presumably playing cards, Catharine reading the newspaper, figure studies, and a horse-drawn 2-wheel carriage.
Subject
sketching
drawing
figure study
newspaper
portrait
Japan
horses
Peter Whyte
Catharine Robb Whyte;
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.09.25
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1934 – 1934
Medium
graphite; watercolour; on paper;
Catalogue Number
WyP.09.26
Description
Fabric-wrapped cardboard cover Japanese sketchbook with high-quality paper pages. All pages stacked folded over each other like an accordion. Contents include figure studies and caricatures/stylized portraits of Japanese men and women, often holding umbrella - almost all of the images of women have…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1934 – 1934
Medium
graphite; watercolour; on paper;
Dimensions
24.2 x 18.22 cm
Description
Fabric-wrapped cardboard cover Japanese sketchbook with high-quality paper pages. All pages stacked folded over each other like an accordion. Contents include figure studies and caricatures/stylized portraits of Japanese men and women, often holding umbrella - almost all of the images of women have been coloured in with watercolour paint.
Subject
sketching
drawing
portrait
figure study
Japan
painting
Peter Whyte
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.09.26
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Experience in visual thinking

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1972
Author
McKim, Robert H.
Publisher
Belmont (Calif.) : Wadsworth Publishing
Call Number
NC740 M4 E9
Author
McKim, Robert H.
Responsibility
Robert H. McKim
Publisher
Belmont (Calif.) : Wadsworth Publishing
Published Date
1972
Physical Description
171p. : ill.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Drawing - Study and teaching
Proportion (Art)
Drawing books
Perspective
Creative thinking
Call Number
NC740 M4 E9
Location
Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
Collection
Art Library
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Artist
Peter Karsten (1937 – , Canadian)
Date
1985
Medium
on paper
Catalogue Number
KaP.03.06
Description
Seventeen bighorn sheep are sketched on the paper. Each sheep is sketched in a different position. There are more sheep towards the bottom of the picture and less further up. The sheep seem to make the appearance of a mountain peak.
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Artist
Peter Karsten (1937 – , Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1985
Medium
on paper
Dimensions
53 x 44.45 cm
Description
Seventeen bighorn sheep are sketched on the paper. Each sheep is sketched in a different position. There are more sheep towards the bottom of the picture and less further up. The sheep seem to make the appearance of a mountain peak.
Subject
drawing
sketch
mountain
bighorn
sheep
study
karsten
Credit
Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2017
Catalogue Number
KaP.03.06
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Discipline based art education : a curriculum sampler

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1991
Publisher
Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Trust
Call Number
N362 L6
Responsibility
edited by Kay Alexander and Michael Day
Publisher
Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Trust
Published Date
1991
Physical Description
336p. in various pagings
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Art - Study and teaching (Elementary) - United States
Art - Study and teaching (Secondary) - United States
Notes
"The Getty Center for Education in the Arts."
Includes bibliographical references
Call Number
N362 L6
Location
Art Library is located in Curatorial Department - Please contact Curatorial Department for access
Collection
Art Library
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