A rough sketch of Peter’s 1958 Christmas card. The animals are sitting around a table in a cabin appearing to be reading. On the wall there is a drawn version of “Seven Teepees” (refer to WyP.02.004). verso: two rough sketches of the moose in the Christmas card.
A rough sketch of Peter’s 1958 Christmas card. The animals are sitting around a table in a cabin appearing to be reading. On the wall there is a drawn version of “Seven Teepees” (refer to WyP.02.004). verso: two rough sketches of the moose in the Christmas card.
Christmas card sketch based on the 1958 card. All the animals are sitting around a table eating with utensils, the squirrel sits on books to reach the height of the table. In the background there is a sketch of “Seven Teepees.” Along the bottom edge of the drawing is says “SEASON’S GREETINGS FROM A…
Season’s Greetings From all of Us Catharine and Peter
Date
1958
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
21.5 x 28.0 cm
Description
Christmas card sketch based on the 1958 card. All the animals are sitting around a table eating with utensils, the squirrel sits on books to reach the height of the table. In the background there is a sketch of “Seven Teepees.” Along the bottom edge of the drawing is says “SEASON’S GREETINGS FROM ALL OF US CATHARINE AND PETER”
Colour: green, blue, black, white. A wagon pulled by horses, a rider and horse and aother wagon move from left to right on a trail through green prairie grass. The blue sky above has three large clouds.
Colour: green, blue, black, white. A wagon pulled by horses, a rider and horse and aother wagon move from left to right on a trail through green prairie grass. The blue sky above has three large clouds.
Various rough sketches of figures in coats and hats, with their backs to the viewer. At the bottom there are mountain animals in similar positions as the human figures. One drawing is enclosed in a rectangle with the title DORVAL on top. There are inscriptions inside the rectangle reading: IMMIGRAT…
Various rough sketches of figures in coats and hats, with their backs to the viewer. At the bottom there are mountain animals in similar positions as the human figures. One drawing is enclosed in a rectangle with the title DORVAL on top. There are inscriptions inside the rectangle reading: IMMIGRATION/ HUNGARIAN REFUGEES; CANADIAN REFUGEES; [bottom of rectangle] MONTREAL, JANUARY 5 1957. [verso] OWHYEE/ INCA/ INCA
Colour: blue, orange red. Central image is a four wheeled vehicle with a tank and a long black handled pump. It stands in green grass. Behind is a large building: the back part of which is yellow, the front purple brown. A few figures can be seen by the door at the left side. Above are telegraph po…
Colour: blue, orange red. Central image is a four wheeled vehicle with a tank and a long black handled pump. It stands in green grass. Behind is a large building: the back part of which is yellow, the front purple brown. A few figures can be seen by the door at the left side. Above are telegraph poles and blue sky.
Colour: green, purple, red, yellow. The lower canvas is a town. Beyond that is a pale green river which goes across, upright and then left a bit. On either side as it goes into the distance are green hills becoming purple in the distance. A grey yellow sky fills the upper area.
Colour: green, purple, red, yellow. The lower canvas is a town. Beyond that is a pale green river which goes across, upright and then left a bit. On either side as it goes into the distance are green hills becoming purple in the distance. A grey yellow sky fills the upper area.
Colour: blue, black, green, ochre. A road goes up from the lower center towards the right. On the right side of the road are five telegraph poles receding into the distance. On the left side are buildings. The front one is white and built of stone or brick. In the background is a hillside which goe…
Colour: blue, black, green, ochre. A road goes up from the lower center towards the right. On the right side of the road are five telegraph poles receding into the distance. On the left side are buildings. The front one is white and built of stone or brick. In the background is a hillside which goes up at an angle from the left to he upper right. Clear blue sky fills in the rest.
Colour: multi colours on white. In the lower left corner is the backside of a sled pulled by two horses. There are figures sitting in the sled and walking beside it, also two dogs. Many figures are making their way from the right to the left of centre where there is a huge circle of figures. Ac…
Colour: multi colours on white. In the lower left corner is the backside of a sled pulled by two horses. There are figures sitting in the sled and walking beside it, also two dogs. Many figures are making their way from the right to the left of centre where there is a huge circle of figures. Across the right side in front of a fence is a row of eleven sleds. The hills beyond meet the lake up centre and the far shore of blue mountains two thirds up. The sky is streaked grey.
Colour: primaries and secondaries on blue grey background. A circle of people fill the center of the canvas. In the foreground there are dogs and three crosses at lower left. Two thirds up in the distance is a mountain range and lake. Above is sky.
Colour: primaries and secondaries on blue grey background. A circle of people fill the center of the canvas. In the foreground there are dogs and three crosses at lower left. Two thirds up in the distance is a mountain range and lake. Above is sky.
Flip book-style coil-bound sketchbook with pressed paper covers. “REEVES, Series 60, SKETCH BOOK” printed on the cover in black. Also written on the cover in pencil [upside-down at the bottom] is “MRS. ELMER GAUMDROUE, (MUSEUM) DAWSON, Y.T. YUKON.” Contents include sketches of various buildings ar…
Flip book-style coil-bound sketchbook with pressed paper covers. “REEVES, Series 60, SKETCH BOOK” printed on the cover in black. Also written on the cover in pencil [upside-down at the bottom] is “MRS. ELMER GAUMDROUE, (MUSEUM) DAWSON, Y.T. YUKON.” Contents include sketches of various buildings around the town of Dawson, Yukon done during July 1956, a car Peter & Catharine helped pull out of a ditch in Northern BC, figure studies of people and animals, and buildings/attractions around Fairbanks and Homer, Alaska.
A graphite drawing of men in cowboy hats kneeling on ground and rough architectural structure in background. Men appear to be working on something on the ground
A graphite drawing of men in cowboy hats kneeling on ground and rough architectural structure in background. Men appear to be working on something on the ground
A Christmas card design of a group of vehicles in a convoy travelling down a road to the mountains. The last car is filled with a group of animals, and beside this vehicle there is a post with a bunch of signs pointing to directions to different cities. These signs say “HOMER, FAIRBANKS, EDMONTON, …
A Christmas card design of a group of vehicles in a convoy travelling down a road to the mountains. The last car is filled with a group of animals, and beside this vehicle there is a post with a bunch of signs pointing to directions to different cities. These signs say “HOMER, FAIRBANKS, EDMONTON, DAWSON CITY, BANFF, ANCHORAGE, VALDEZ, WHITEHORSE, FORT ST. JOHN, AND SEWARD”. The licence plate on the last vehicle says “B.N.P. 1956 CANADA”. While below the drawing it says “SEASONS GREETINGS CATHARINE AND PETER”. Around the edges of the drawing it says “6 inches” and “3 3/4”
Colour: white, blue, brown. The lower edge is rocks with a tree standing on the left side and a dead bush on the right. The lake is frozen to a third the way up. Snow and treed mountain slopes rise up beyond. The glacier can be seen on the right. A patch of blue sky is at the upper edge in the cent…
Colour: white, blue, brown. The lower edge is rocks with a tree standing on the left side and a dead bush on the right. The lake is frozen to a third the way up. Snow and treed mountain slopes rise up beyond. The glacier can be seen on the right. A patch of blue sky is at the upper edge in the center.
Pencil sketch for Christmas card. Nine animals sitting on a hill looking down into a valley, a circle of teepees in the valley, mountains in distance.[across bottom] Season’s Greetings 1955 Catharine and Peterverso in pencil: vertical and horizontal rectangles
Pencil sketch for Christmas card. Nine animals sitting on a hill looking down into a valley, a circle of teepees in the valley, mountains in distance.[across bottom] Season’s Greetings 1955 Catharine and Peterverso in pencil: vertical and horizontal rectangles
Ten small drawings of different activities occurring. 1) three people are walking over a hill with a couple of animals, 2) a group of people appear to be travelling in a convoy with a horse dragging goods behind it, 3) a group of people on horses moving across the land, 4) a person on a horse that …
Ten small drawings of different activities occurring. 1) three people are walking over a hill with a couple of animals, 2) a group of people appear to be travelling in a convoy with a horse dragging goods behind it, 3) a group of people on horses moving across the land, 4) a person on a horse that is pulling supplies are coming up over a hill, there are tipis off in the background, 5) a group in a wagon follow behind another heading towards the mountains, 6) possibly a small hut with a person, and there is a hide stretched out on poles, 7) a group of people have assembled in an open area outdoors, 8) a person who appears to have a some sort of head ornament on is preparing to shoot an arrow with their bow, 9) a wooden drying rack with meat hanging from it, in front of it there looks like two people are sitting on the ground, and 10) a group of huts lined up near trees, there appears to be smoke coming out of ventilation areas on the roof. verso: a sketch of the 1955 Christmas card, another boxed off drawing of a person appearing to be playing a drum, a drawing that has some similarities to “Seven Teepees” (though completed about 20 years earlier, and a final boxed off drawing of a native man wearing a headdress.
The 1955 Christmas card design. Peter is standing beside Catharine who is sitting on a tree stump. They are watching a group of animals paint the mountain scene in the background. Below the drawing it says “SEASON’S GREETINGS 1955 CATHARINE AND PETER”verso: ink marks along the left edge
The 1955 Christmas card design. Peter is standing beside Catharine who is sitting on a tree stump. They are watching a group of animals paint the mountain scene in the background. Below the drawing it says “SEASON’S GREETINGS 1955 CATHARINE AND PETER”verso: ink marks along the left edge