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Seasons Grettings Catharine and Peter 1947

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1947

Medium: ink; graphite; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.717

Description: Detailed sketch of the 1947 Christmas card. Catharine is in her home serving the animals some kind of food from the Dutch door. On the top section of the drawing it reads “SEASONS GREETINGS” and in the BLC of the sketch “CATHARINE AND PETER.” In the BRC of the sketch you can see the faint signature…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Seasons Grettings Catharine and Peter 1947

Date: 1947

Medium: ink; graphite; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 21.6 x 23.3 cm

Description: Detailed sketch of the 1947 Christmas card. Catharine is in her home serving the animals some kind of food from the Dutch door. On the top section of the drawing it reads “SEASONS GREETINGS” and in the BLC of the sketch “CATHARINE AND PETER.” In the BRC of the sketch you can see the faint signature of Peter, and the year writen as “’47.”

Subject: Christmas card; moose; deer; bear; wolf; squirrel; bird; cabin; winter; Dutch door; cooking

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.717

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The Ski Jumper, Mount Norquay, Banff

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Artist: Robert J. McGuinness (1886 – 1961, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1960

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: McR.02.02

Description: General colour: brown, blue. Diagonally across the lower right corner stand a row of figures with their backs to the viewer. Above them is a skier suspended in the air at the peak of his jump. In the background is a mountain and valley below.

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Artist: Robert J. McGuinness (1886 – 1961, Canadian)

Title: The Ski Jumper, Mount Norquay, Banff

Date: prior to 1960

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 120.7 x 120.7 cm

Description: General colour: brown, blue. Diagonally across the lower right corner stand a row of figures with their backs to the viewer. Above them is a skier suspended in the air at the peak of his jump. In the background is a mountain and valley below.

Subject: activity, ski jumping; winter

Credit: Gift of Gus Baracus, Banff, 1971

Catalogue Number: McR.02.02

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Toe of Athabasca Glacier, Columbia Icefield

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas on masonite

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.286

Description: View of the edge of a glacier. In the foreground (the lower third of the picture) are areas of grey interlocking with areas of light grey-yellow green. In the background is a rounded rise of ice with its surface coloured pale yellow and white, and crevasses of light-blue, grey-green and green-blue …

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Toe of Athabasca Glacier, Columbia Icefield

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas on masonite

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: View of the edge of a glacier. In the foreground (the lower third of the picture) are areas of grey interlocking with areas of light grey-yellow green. In the background is a rounded rise of ice with its surface coloured pale yellow and white, and crevasses of light-blue, grey-green and green-blue (with some outlines of dark blue). The bottom edge of the glacier is a cliff of ice, which extends from the righthand side of the picture and almost reaches the lefthand side. At the top of the sketch, a strip of blue sky is found on the left and an area of brown wash is on the right.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; lake; glacier; winter

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.286

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Trail from Skoki

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: 1943

Medium: coloured woodcut on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.34

Description: Ski trail scene with snow, trees and distant mountains. Green/blue dominant colours. Signed W.J. Phillips brc in pencil. Was mailed in Season's Greetings beige card from the Phillips. This print is #234 in R. Boulet Catalogue.

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: Trail from Skoki

Date: 1943

Medium: coloured woodcut on paper

Dimensions: 10.0 x 11.7 cm

Description: Ski trail scene with snow, trees and distant mountains. Green/blue dominant colours. Signed W.J. Phillips brc in pencil. Was mailed in Season's Greetings beige card from the Phillips. This print is #234 in R. Boulet Catalogue.

Subject: mountain; winter; activity, skiing

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.34

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Untitled

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1946

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.21

Description: This is a Christmas card, greeting and signature in brc. Green and blue foreground with two people standing off to the left looking at the moon high in the night sky. A blue and white mountain range is far in the distance. To the right is a brown cliff.

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1946

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 8.0 x 12.2 cm

Description: This is a Christmas card, greeting and signature in brc. Green and blue foreground with two people standing off to the left looking at the moon high in the night sky. A blue and white mountain range is far in the distance. To the right is a brown cliff.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; figure; people; winter; card; Christmas

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.21

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Untitled [Prairie Sky and Telephone Lines]

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Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1940

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: WbG.05.01

Description: Pink prairie sky, small town viewed from above. Telephone lines and barbed wire fence cut across the image.

Artist: George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Untitled [Prairie Sky and Telephone Lines]

Date: 1940

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 37.4 x 54.4 cm

Description: Pink prairie sky, small town viewed from above. Telephone lines and barbed wire fence cut across the image.

Subject: landscape; prairie; winter; telephone lines

Credit: Gift of Donna Tingley, Edmonton, 2004

Catalogue Number: WbG.05.01

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Winter Road

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1963

Medium: woodcut on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.16

Description: Colour: blue, white, green. A snow laden tree casting its shadow on the snow lower left, stands center. Behind run ski tracks and beyond trees. Sky fills the top third.

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: Winter Road

Date: prior to 1963

Medium: woodcut on paper

Dimensions: 17.6 x 12.1 cm

Description: Colour: blue, white, green. A snow laden tree casting its shadow on the snow lower left, stands center. Behind run ski tracks and beyond trees. Sky fills the top third.

Subject: landscape; mountain; winter; activity, skiing

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1969

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.16

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Winter Road

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: 1946

Medium: coloured woodcut on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.36

Description: Snow scene with solitary tree foreground and trees and mountain in background. Signed brc W.J. Phillips, was mailed in beige A Happy Christmas card from the Phillips and print was glued at its top edge, to the inside of the card. This is #239 in R. Boulet Catalogue.

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: Winter Road

Date: 1946

Medium: coloured woodcut on paper

Dimensions: 14.0 x 9.3 cm

Description: Snow scene with solitary tree foreground and trees and mountain in background. Signed brc W.J. Phillips, was mailed in beige A Happy Christmas card from the Phillips and print was glued at its top edge, to the inside of the card. This is #239 in R. Boulet Catalogue.