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Road Fog

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1967

Medium: graphite; crayon on curfew paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.03.06

Description: A lot of curvy lines made by pencil that look like clouds or mountains. On the upper right there is a very small triangle with two black lines and a white stripe in the middle of the two which resembles a road. Signature bottom centre: “Sinclair ‘70”.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Road Fog

Date: 1967

Medium: graphite; crayon on curfew paper

Dimensions: 26.6 x 31.4 cm

Description: A lot of curvy lines made by pencil that look like clouds or mountains. On the upper right there is a very small triangle with two black lines and a white stripe in the middle of the two which resembles a road. Signature bottom centre: “Sinclair ‘70”.

Subject: landscape; road; mountain

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.03.06

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Peopled Road

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1967

Medium: graphite on curfew paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.03.02

Description: Impressionistic female face with clouds behind. Signature in the bottom rhc: SinclairPeopled Road is one of his early works to feature the road, in an evolutionary move to his Road Series.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Peopled Road

Date: 1967

Medium: graphite on curfew paper

Dimensions: 31.2 x 26.1 cm

Description: Impressionistic female face with clouds behind. Signature in the bottom rhc: SinclairPeopled Road is one of his early works to feature the road, in an evolutionary move to his Road Series.

Subject: landscape; cloud; road; person

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.03.02

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Textured Pass

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1968

Medium: graphite on curfew paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.03.07

Description: A road runs vertically down the bottom centre of the work. The top section of the piece is filled with sketchy suggestions of a mountain.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Textured Pass

Date: 1968

Medium: graphite on curfew paper

Dimensions: 26.5 x 31.8 cm

Description: A road runs vertically down the bottom centre of the work. The top section of the piece is filled with sketchy suggestions of a mountain.

Subject: landscape; road; mountain

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.03.07

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Chilcotin Road

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1969

Medium: graphite; coloured graphite on curfew paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.03.03

Description: Small sketch of a road with foothills rolling off on either side of the road. The road leads to a mountain range; blue coloured pencil is used to accent the mountain peaks as well as blue spot rain/snow drops centre under image. Artist signature: centre under image Sinclair ‘69.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Chilcotin Road

Date: 1969

Medium: graphite; coloured graphite on curfew paper

Dimensions: 26.5 x 31.6 cm

Description: Small sketch of a road with foothills rolling off on either side of the road. The road leads to a mountain range; blue coloured pencil is used to accent the mountain peaks as well as blue spot rain/snow drops centre under image. Artist signature: centre under image Sinclair ‘69.

Subject: landscape; mountains; road; blue

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.03.03

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Clouded Road

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1969

Medium: graphite; crayon on curfew paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.03.08

Description: A road runs through the centre of the piece. Above the road is a cloud coloured in crayon in shades of purple and pink.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Clouded Road

Date: 1969

Medium: graphite; crayon on curfew paper

Dimensions: 26.1 x 31.5 cm

Description: A road runs through the centre of the piece. Above the road is a cloud coloured in crayon in shades of purple and pink.

Subject: landscape; road; mountain; pink; purple

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.03.08

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Untitled

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Artist: James McLaren Nicoll (1892 – 1986, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1986

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: NiJ.03.07

Description: Colour: pencil on white. Bare branched trees lean to the right from the left side over a rocky ground. Bushes are behind at left on a short horizon line appears right of enter.

Artist: James McLaren Nicoll (1892 – 1986, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: prior to 1986

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 22.5 x 30.0 cm

Description: Colour: pencil on white. Bare branched trees lean to the right from the left side over a rocky ground. Bushes are behind at left on a short horizon line appears right of enter.

Subject: landscape; forest

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971

Catalogue Number: NiJ.03.07

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A Little Ditty Bird

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1895

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.023

Description: Drawing of a designed goblet standing fully in the center of the page. The area surrounding the goblet has been completely shaded in. The drawing au verso is a nose, ear, and hand study.“The dark background with the still darker goblet allowed Collings to achieve bright metallic-like highlights on …

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: A Little Ditty Bird

Date: c. 1895

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 19 x 12.5 cm

Description: Drawing of a designed goblet standing fully in the center of the page. The area surrounding the goblet has been completely shaded in. The drawing au verso is a nose, ear, and hand study.“The dark background with the still darker goblet allowed Collings to achieve bright metallic-like highlights on the embossed goblet. Barely visible, a tiny, whimsical “Ditty” bird peaks over the lip of the cup.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1984

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.023

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Rusty Disk

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1885

Medium: graphite on paper board

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.071

Description: Drawing of a farming disc, the first few discs are show as the disappear into the piece, and the seat sits high up on the piece.“An unlikely combination of practical entrepreneur and preoccupied artist, Collings was involved with farm machinery sales between 1882 and 1888 in England. A writer who i…

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Rusty Disk

Date: c. 1885

Medium: graphite on paper board

Dimensions: 25 x 30 cm

Description: Drawing of a farming disc, the first few discs are show as the disappear into the piece, and the seat sits high up on the piece.“An unlikely combination of practical entrepreneur and preoccupied artist, Collings was involved with farm machinery sales between 1882 and 1888 in England. A writer who interviewed the artist in 1924 had the impression that Collings envisaged farm equipment as means for creating an enormous painting-like but three-dimensional “landscape.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath

Subject: landscape; machinery; machine; green; rims; circulars

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.071

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Barrier Mountain

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Artist: James McLaren Nicoll (1892 – 1986, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1986

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: NiJ.03.12

Description: A pencil drawing of Barrier mountain, no clouds or foreground. The back edge has a complete border of masking tape.

Artist: James McLaren Nicoll (1892 – 1986, Canadian)

Title: Barrier Mountain

Date: prior to 1986

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 22.7 x 30.1 cm

Description: A pencil drawing of Barrier mountain, no clouds or foreground. The back edge has a complete border of masking tape.

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of James McLaren Nicoll, 1978

Catalogue Number: NiJ.03.12

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Mountain

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Artist: James McLaren Nicoll (1892 – 1986, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1986

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: NiJ.03.14

Description: A pencil line drawing of part of a mountain range. Au verso is NiJ.03.13.

Artist: James McLaren Nicoll (1892 – 1986, Canadian)

Title: Mountain

Date: prior to 1986

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 24.0 x 32.0 cm

Description: A pencil line drawing of part of a mountain range. Au verso is NiJ.03.13.

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of James McLaren Nicoll, 1978

Catalogue Number: NiJ.03.14

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Mountain

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Artist: James McLaren Nicoll (1892 – 1986, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1986

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: NiJ.03.18

Description: A pencil line drawing of a mountain range. A pencil line runs the full width of the paper 0.6 from top; a sewing machine line of holes runs the full length from top to bottom 1.4 from left edge. The sheet is pulled from a sketch book. Au verso is NiJ.03.19.

Artist: James McLaren Nicoll (1892 – 1986, Canadian)

Title: Mountain

Date: prior to 1986

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 24.0 x 32.0 cm

Description: A pencil line drawing of a mountain range. A pencil line runs the full width of the paper 0.6 from top; a sewing machine line of holes runs the full length from top to bottom 1.4 from left edge. The sheet is pulled from a sketch book. Au verso is NiJ.03.19.

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of James McLaren Nicoll, 1978

Catalogue Number: NiJ.03.18

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Mountain

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Artist: James McLaren Nicoll (1892 – 1986, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1986

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: NiJ.03.19

Description: A pencil line drawing of mountains; one peak is centered and stands out from the others; a slope is indicated left foreground. Au verso is NiJ.03.18.

Artist: James McLaren Nicoll (1892 – 1986, Canadian)

Title: Mountain

Date: prior to 1986

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 24.0 x 32.0 cm

Description: A pencil line drawing of mountains; one peak is centered and stands out from the others; a slope is indicated left foreground. Au verso is NiJ.03.18.