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The Magic Teapot

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Artist: Katie Anderson

Date: 1987

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: AnK.05.01

Description: Centered in the picture is a vertical rectangle in which is a steaming tea pot and cup and saucer, the steam turns into butterflies and books, trees and mountains in background, around the edge of this picture are other scenes, the sides show various kinds of cakes and cookies, top and bottom shows…

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Artist: Katie Anderson

Title: The Magic Teapot

Date: 1987

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 38.0 x 28.0 cm

Description: Centered in the picture is a vertical rectangle in which is a steaming tea pot and cup and saucer, the steam turns into butterflies and books, trees and mountains in background, around the edge of this picture are other scenes, the sides show various kinds of cakes and cookies, top and bottom shows shelves of books, each with a teacup.

Subject: mythological; event; Tea at the Whyte

Credit: Purchased from Katie Anderson, Canmore, 1988

Catalogue Number: AnK.05.01

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Mount Assiniboine

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Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Date: 1976

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: MiJ.05.02

Description: The tip of Mount Assiniboine is in cloud; the sky is cloudy with pink and light yellow to the right and light blue/green to the left; there is quite a bit of snow but the mountain to the right is green and the mountain on the left is in the purple/green range. A blue/green lake is in the immediate …

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Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Title: Mount Assiniboine

Date: 1976

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 42.2 x 58.1 cm

Description: The tip of Mount Assiniboine is in cloud; the sky is cloudy with pink and light yellow to the right and light blue/green to the left; there is quite a bit of snow but the mountain to the right is green and the mountain on the left is in the purple/green range. A blue/green lake is in the immediate foreground.

Subject: landscape, mountain; landscape, Mount Assiniboine

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

Catalogue Number: MiJ.05.02

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Mount Rundle

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Artist: Ken Christopher (1942 – , Canadian)

Date: 1984

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ChK.05.01

Description: A very light coloured painting, soft washes of blues and greens. Mount Rundle in center right of picture, light blues of a river in foreground with small patches of green in immediate foreground. Plain, rounded wooden frame.

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Artist: Ken Christopher (1942 – , Canadian)

Title: Mount Rundle

Date: 1984

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 21.3 x 29.4 cm

Description: A very light coloured painting, soft washes of blues and greens. Mount Rundle in center right of picture, light blues of a river in foreground with small patches of green in immediate foreground. Plain, rounded wooden frame.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Purchased from Virginia Christopher Galleries, Calgary, 1985

Catalogue Number: ChK.05.01

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Mount Temple, Canadian Rockies

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

Date: 1972

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.09

Description: Colour: blue, green, brown. Lower half is water on the left and a brown shore in the lower right corner. Yellow grass grows at the left side of the far shore. Two trees go up the left side. Three go up on the right. The upper half is a mountain at center. Blue sky above.

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

Title: Mount Temple, Canadian Rockies

Date: 1972

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 20.4 x 23.8 cm

Description: Colour: blue, green, brown. Lower half is water on the left and a brown shore in the lower right corner. Yellow grass grows at the left side of the far shore. Two trees go up the left side. Three go up on the right. The upper half is a mountain at center. Blue sky above.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; water

Credit: Gift of Gus (Mrs.) Baracos, Banff, 1978

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.09

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Mountain Mist

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Date: 1980 – 1985

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: GyH.05.09

Description: Angular boulders or rocks sit in the foreground of the image, rendered in shades of blue, purple and taupe. A mountain on the upper left is surrounded by white cloud.

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Title: Mountain Mist

Date: 1980 – 1985

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 24 x 31 cm

Description: Angular boulders or rocks sit in the foreground of the image, rendered in shades of blue, purple and taupe. A mountain on the upper left is surrounded by white cloud.

Subject: landscape; mountain; boulder; rock

Credit: Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997

Catalogue Number: GyH.05.09

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Mountain/Moutard

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Date: 1982

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ArP.05.05

Description: 3 cone-shaped mountains have heads and arms, they are holding up letters spelling moutain, mountain, motard. Other colourful figures are playing with letters, left centre background is a tall tree with yellow mountains, one of which has a teacup and saucer, another has only a saucer In right backgr…

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Title: Mountain/Moutard

Date: 1982

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 38.0 x 56.3 cm

Description: 3 cone-shaped mountains have heads and arms, they are holding up letters spelling moutain, mountain, motard. Other colourful figures are playing with letters, left centre background is a tall tree with yellow mountains, one of which has a teacup and saucer, another has only a saucer In right background is a window through which grey mountains and blue sky can be seen

Subject: whimsey; landscape; mountains

Credit: Gift of Jon Whyte, Banff, 1992

Catalogue Number: ArP.05.05

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Mountains Up

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1970

Medium: watercolor; graphite on arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.19

Description: Two green masses on the left and right of a brown and white road, which extends to the centre of the work to a series of mountains sketched in graphite. The top section of the image is sketched in brown and green tones.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Mountains Up

Date: 1970

Medium: watercolor; graphite on arches paper

Dimensions: 30.8 x 40.4 cm

Description: Two green masses on the left and right of a brown and white road, which extends to the centre of the work to a series of mountains sketched in graphite. The top section of the image is sketched in brown and green tones.

Subject: landscape; mountains; road

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.19

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Mt. Rundle

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Artist: Dorothy Elsie Knowles Perehudoff (1927 – 2023, Canadian)

Date: 1984

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: KnD.05.03

Description: A watercolour landscape painting of Mount Rundle with blue and white sky in the top half, and evergreen trees in the middle. The bottom third is loosely drawn shrubbery and green grassy area

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Artist: Dorothy Elsie Knowles Perehudoff (1927 – 2023, Canadian)

Title: Mt. Rundle

Date: 1984

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 55.9 x 76.2 cm

Description: A watercolour landscape painting of Mount Rundle with blue and white sky in the top half, and evergreen trees in the middle. The bottom third is loosely drawn shrubbery and green grassy area

Subject: Rundle; mountain; landscape; evergreen; tree; grass; cloud; sky; Alberta; Rocky Mountains

Credit: Gift of Dorothy Elsie Knowles Perehudoff, Saskatoon, 2016

Catalogue Number: KnD.05.03

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O’Hara

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Artist: Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian)

Date: 1977

Medium: watercolour on board

Catalogue Number: SpB.05.01

Description: blue circle with tree trunk in the middle and mountain scene behind the tree in the circle

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Artist: Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian)

Title: O’Hara

Date: 1977

Medium: watercolour on board

Dimensions: 20.5 x 20.5 cm

Description: blue circle with tree trunk in the middle and mountain scene behind the tree in the circle

Subject: Lake O’Hara; Spohr; tree; mountain

Credit: Gift of Michael Laub, Banff, 2016

Catalogue Number: SpB.05.01

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Open Road

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1980

Medium: watercolour on arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.13

Description: Light blue wash in sky. Road weaving through a white and a black hill.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Open Road

Date: 1980

Medium: watercolour on arches paper

Dimensions: 18.7 x 27.8 cm

Description: Light blue wash in sky. Road weaving through a white and a black hill.

Subject: landscape; road

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.13

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Peach Glad

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1977 – 1978

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.04

Description: Partially painted flower drawing; pencil drawn frame 18.3x12.4; blossom cluster extends beyond pencil frame; peach coloured blossoms; green stem and leaves.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Peach Glad

Date: 1977 – 1978

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 28.0 x 19.0 cm

Description: Partially painted flower drawing; pencil drawn frame 18.3x12.4; blossom cluster extends beyond pencil frame; peach coloured blossoms; green stem and leaves.

Subject: abstract

Credit: Purchased from Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, 1990

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.04

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PPLR RN (Poplar Run)

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1986

Medium: watercolor on arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.17

Description: A road runs through the lower right side of the work. The upper third of the piece is composed of thin lines that are decorated with green suggestions of leaves.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: PPLR RN (Poplar Run)

Date: 1986

Medium: watercolor on arches paper

Dimensions: 45.5 x 55.6 cm

Description: A road runs through the lower right side of the work. The upper third of the piece is composed of thin lines that are decorated with green suggestions of leaves.

Subject: landscape; mountains; road; trees

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.17

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Purple Crocus

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Artist: Annora Brown (1899 – 1987, Canadian)

Date: 1987

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: BwA.05.04

Description: Two crocus flowers with stems and leaves, and some grass and stems on a black background. The crocus in the foreground is drooping to the viewer’s left; the open/inside part of the petals are lilac, the underside/outside are purple and the centres yellow and gold. The crocus on top is turned away f…

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Artist: Annora Brown (1899 – 1987, Canadian)

Title: Purple Crocus

Date: 1987

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 31.0 x 23.5 cm

Description: Two crocus flowers with stems and leaves, and some grass and stems on a black background. The crocus in the foreground is drooping to the viewer’s left; the open/inside part of the petals are lilac, the underside/outside are purple and the centres yellow and gold. The crocus on top is turned away from the viewer showing mostly the outside of the petals and some yellow inside. The crocus stems and feathery leaves are green and brown. The other grasses and stems are rust, yellow and brown.

Subject: botanical; flower; crocus

Credit: Purchased from mid, Banff, 2009

Catalogue Number: BwA.05.04

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RD MTN TWST

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1978

Medium: painting on paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.11

Description: A watercolour landscape painting. The painting is of a road winding through a mountain landscape. The image is tall and narrow. In the background there are three mountain peaks. All the mountains have simple outlines that have been done in pencil. The largest of the peaks, on the viewer’s right, ha…

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: RD MTN TWST

Date: 1978

Medium: painting on paper

Dimensions: 56.0 x 19.0 cm

Description: A watercolour landscape painting. The painting is of a road winding through a mountain landscape. The image is tall and narrow. In the background there are three mountain peaks. All the mountains have simple outlines that have been done in pencil. The largest of the peaks, on the viewer’s right, has a dark grey-blue wash near the top. The peak on the left in the background has a brown-grey wash. There is a brown-grey road that starts in the brhc and winds to the left, then disappears into the mountains about half way up the painting. Around the image there is a thin pencil line border. Under the image, at centre, is the title written in pencil, “RD MTN TWST”. In the brhc of the paper is the artist signature written in pencil and the year, “Sinclair 78”. Au verso, written in red ink in the top rhc is, “R.S. 666”.

Subject: landscape; mountain; road

Credit: Gift of David McClintock Denovan, Calgary, 2012

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.11

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Ribboned Passage

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1976

Medium: aquatec stain on canvas

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.01

Description: unpainted road into dark canyon; foreground is unpainted except for pencil drawn lines indicating a road to right of centre; 5 irregular vertical panels, narrow brown at right edge, next panel moss green, dark blue then variant rose, next panel moss green, farthest left panel greyish; left side of …

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Ribboned Passage

Date: 1976

Medium: aquatec stain on canvas

Dimensions: 35.7 x 41.0 cm

Description: unpainted road into dark canyon; foreground is unpainted except for pencil drawn lines indicating a road to right of centre; 5 irregular vertical panels, narrow brown at right edge, next panel moss green, dark blue then variant rose, next panel moss green, farthest left panel greyish; left side of painting and foreground unpainted.

Subject: abstract

Credit: Purchased from Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, 1990

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.01

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Rocky Mountain Window

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1989

Medium: watercolor on arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.25

Description: Two vertical lines of orange, between which there is a section of green in the lower section, and blue in the upper. A red horizontal line at the bottom left. A thin yellow line runs across the top of the work.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Rocky Mountain Window

Date: 1989

Medium: watercolor on arches paper

Dimensions: 38 x 27.8 cm

Description: Two vertical lines of orange, between which there is a section of green in the lower section, and blue in the upper. A red horizontal line at the bottom left. A thin yellow line runs across the top of the work.

Subject: landscape; mountains

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.25

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Route 1, 2, 3 (#2)

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1980

Medium: watercolour on arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.14

Description: Dark sky; road on right winding through a white, red, and green hill.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Route 1, 2, 3 (#2)

Date: 1980

Medium: watercolour on arches paper

Dimensions: 18.7 x 13.8 cm

Description: Dark sky; road on right winding through a white, red, and green hill.

Subject: landscape; mountains; road

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.14

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Rundle People

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1987

Medium: watercolour on arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.50

Description: Four sharp mountain peaks in close proximity point to the left. They are painted in shades of grey and brown, and are topped with white snow.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Rundle People

Date: 1987

Medium: watercolour on arches paper

Dimensions: 76.5 x 57.2 cm

Description: Four sharp mountain peaks in close proximity point to the left. They are painted in shades of grey and brown, and are topped with white snow.