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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1957
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.478
Description
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…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1957
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
26.8 x 20.5 cm
Description
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
Subject
immigration
refugees
animals
Montreal
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.478
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