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Ice Blocks, Athabasca Glacier

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1941
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.159
Description
The canvas is dominated by huge iceblocks in grey, blue, white and brown. Part of the rock wall and Athabasca Glacier show up in the ochre and white peaks, very little sky in mid-and right-hand corner.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Ice Blocks, Athabasca Glacier
Date
1941
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.7 x 35.4 cm
Description
The canvas is dominated by huge iceblocks in grey, blue, white and brown. Part of the rock wall and Athabasca Glacier show up in the ochre and white peaks, very little sky in mid-and right-hand corner.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
iceblocks
glacier, Athabasca
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.159
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
Images
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