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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929 – 1939
Medium
graphite on card
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.646
Description
Two pencil drawings of the heads of men in glasses and fez hats. The head that is oriented with the right-side-up is more developed than the upside-down head. Both wear neckties.Verso shows that this drawing was made on an advertising card for the Queen Mary, a Cunard White Star shipping vessel. A …
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1929 – 1939
Medium
graphite on card
Dimensions
21.5 x 16.8 cm
Description
Two pencil drawings of the heads of men in glasses and fez hats. The head that is oriented with the right-side-up is more developed than the upside-down head. Both wear neckties.Verso shows that this drawing was made on an advertising card for the Queen Mary, a Cunard White Star shipping vessel. A printed illustration of the Queen Mary vessel appears on the top half of the card and the name “Queen Mary” appears in the tlc of the bottom half. The name Cunard White Star is printed in the centre of the bottom half.
Subject
fez hat
head
man
Cunard White Star
Queen Mary
shipping
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.646
Images
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