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Down Under

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1978

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.05

Description: Minimally painted red canyon; pencil drawn image frame 46.0x13.7 has tlc painted shapes of red and green; a line drops off from this to left of brc; red/yellow at bottom goes into red/purple then fades off into white; pencil lettered under image DWN UNDE

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Down Under

Date: 1978

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 56.0 x 19.0 cm

Description: Minimally painted red canyon; pencil drawn image frame 46.0x13.7 has tlc painted shapes of red and green; a line drops off from this to left of brc; red/yellow at bottom goes into red/purple then fades off into white; pencil lettered under image DWN UNDE

Subject: landscape; abstract

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

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.05

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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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Lake O’Hara

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

Date: 1978

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: MiJ.05.07

Description: A watercolour depicting a mountain landscape, with a lake below (Lake O’Hara), painted in a very loose and free style. The bottom third is a blue lake with grey and white reflections from the banks, mountains, talus slopes, and trees above. The mid two-thirds depicts sparse trees, trail, and slopes…

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

Title: Lake O’Hara

Date: 1978

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 55.0 x 71.0 cm

Description: A watercolour depicting a mountain landscape, with a lake below (Lake O’Hara), painted in a very loose and free style. The bottom third is a blue lake with grey and white reflections from the banks, mountains, talus slopes, and trees above. The mid two-thirds depicts sparse trees, trail, and slopes to the left, waterfalls (Seven Veils), snow-covered mountain with glacier in the background (Mt. Oesa), mid-to-far right a mountain in varying shades of grey rising to almost the top of the painting (Opabin Mountain). Top portion blue sky with clouds. The extreme bottom and right hand side is left mostly unpainted.Signed, in script, blue watercolour paint bottom right hand corner “Middleton 78”. The lake bleeds into the signature.

Subject: landscape; mountain; lake; Lake O’Hara; Janet Holly Middleton

Credit: Purchased from Willock & Sax, 2013

Catalogue Number: MiJ.05.07

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Untitled [Flower Series]

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Date: 1977

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ArP.05.04

Description: This watercolour has three flowers placed in almost a triangle shape in relation to each other; with the tip of the triangle pointing downward. There are many long stems coming from the flowers. Most of the stems are vertical and are created in an upward gesture. Four small short stems come from th…

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Title: Untitled [Flower Series]

Date: 1977

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 28.5 x 21.5 cm

Description: This watercolour has three flowers placed in almost a triangle shape in relation to each other; with the tip of the triangle pointing downward. There are many long stems coming from the flowers. Most of the stems are vertical and are created in an upward gesture. Four small short stems come from the bottom part and extend to the lower portion of the image.

Subject: botanical; flowers

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

Catalogue Number: ArP.05.04

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Untitled [Flowers Series]

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Date: 1977

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ArP.05.03

Description: This watercolour has been created in a circle shape. Within the circle are two flowers in bloom and two others that are only at the initial blooming stages. The artist has signed just outside the circle at the bottom right corner.

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Title: Untitled [Flowers Series]

Date: 1977

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 22.6 x 21.1 cm

Description: This watercolour has been created in a circle shape. Within the circle are two flowers in bloom and two others that are only at the initial blooming stages. The artist has signed just outside the circle at the bottom right corner.

Subject: botanical; flowers

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

Catalogue Number: ArP.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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Untitled [Flower Series]

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Date: 1977

Medium: watercolour; ink on paper

Catalogue Number: ArP.05.02

Description: General colour: blue, grey. Two stalks of blue flowers - four blooms and several buds. There are two grey lines that come in from opposite sides of the circle. One blue stripe comes in at the upper left.

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Title: Untitled [Flower Series]

Date: 1977

Medium: watercolour; ink on paper

Dimensions: 38.5 x 33.4 cm

Description: General colour: blue, grey. Two stalks of blue flowers - four blooms and several buds. There are two grey lines that come in from opposite sides of the circle. One blue stripe comes in at the upper left.

Subject: botanical; flowers

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977

Catalogue Number: ArP.05.02

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Trout Stream Quilt

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Date: 1977

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ArP.05.01

Description: General colour: blue, grey on white. A striped stuffed bedspread, on which a bubbling river pours out of and over the left end. Three green fish can be seen moving up the falls.

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Title: Trout Stream Quilt

Date: 1977

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 49.3 x 49.3 cm

Description: General colour: blue, grey on white. A striped stuffed bedspread, on which a bubbling river pours out of and over the left end. Three green fish can be seen moving up the falls.

Subject: animal; mythological; craft; quilt

Credit: Purchased from Dundurn Press, 1977

Catalogue Number: ArP.05.01

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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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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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telling them about once upon a time

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Date: 1976

Medium: painting on paper

Catalogue Number: ArP.05.10

Description: A watercolour and charcoal illustration. The illustration is of a blonde-haired woman in a yellow dress, with black stripes, leaning back in a black blanket hammock that two birds, the moon and a star are holding up by its corners. The woman’s head is leaning back on a pillow and she is holding a b…

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Title: telling them about once upon a time

Date: 1976

Medium: painting on paper

Dimensions: 37.2 x 40.5 cm

Description: A watercolour and charcoal illustration. The illustration is of a blonde-haired woman in a yellow dress, with black stripes, leaning back in a black blanket hammock that two birds, the moon and a star are holding up by its corners. The woman’s head is leaning back on a pillow and she is holding a book with a picture of a red house with the sun shining behind it. Sitting on the top corner of the book is a green frog wearing a yellow crown. At the feet of the lady reading is a group of animals listening to the story. There are four birds, a lizard, a snake and a mouse that is sitting on the head of the tallest bird. There are two mice at the bottom edge of the black blanket, one poking its head out and the other hanging off the edge. Above the storyteller and the animals are six yellow stars in a semi-circle. The first star on the left has a string tied to it attached to the blanket and the crescent moon on the right, just above the head of the storyteller, also has a string tied to it attaching to the blanket. There is a black charcoal line border around the image with a star with a blue background in each corner except the top left corner which is just blue with no star. Underneath the image is writing in pencil, in the bottom left corner, “a.p.”, the title in the centre, “telling them about once upon a time” and the artist signature and date in the bottom rhc, “patricia askren dec/76”.

Subject: storytelling; fantastical; Patricia Askren

Credit: Gift of Joanne Thomas , Vancouver, 2012

Catalogue Number: ArP.05.10

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Strange Space

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1975

Medium: watercolour on arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.12

Description: Two watercolours framed in a diptych. Dominant colours are shades of brown, black.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Strange Space

Date: 1975

Medium: watercolour on arches paper

Dimensions: 14 x 19 cm

Description: Two watercolours framed in a diptych. Dominant colours are shades of brown, black.

Subject: landscape; mountains; diptych

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.12

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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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Consolation Lake

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

Date: 1971

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.46

Description: Vivid colours depicting a lake in the foreground, green growth to the front and right of water, dark trees and mountain slope. Multi coloured bank, growth trees to the left. Varied coloured mountains in the background, yellow and blue sky.

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

Title: Consolation Lake

Date: 1971

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 21.0 x 27.1 cm

Description: Vivid colours depicting a lake in the foreground, green growth to the front and right of water, dark trees and mountain slope. Multi coloured bank, growth trees to the left. Varied coloured mountains in the background, yellow and blue sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; lake; mountain

Credit: Gift of Audrey Campbell, Banff, 1991

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.46

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Untitled

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

Date: 1970

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.26

Description: Two thirds of the painting is dominated by a herd of bison grazing in the foothills. There is one large bull on the left. The mountains are in the background under a cloudy sky.

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

Title: Untitled

Date: 1970

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 23.0 x 30.7 cm

Description: Two thirds of the painting is dominated by a herd of bison grazing in the foothills. There is one large bull on the left. The mountains are in the background under a cloudy sky.

Subject: animal; buffalo; landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; foothills

Credit: Purchased from James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 1975

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.26

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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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Purse

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Date: 1970

Material: skin; metal

Catalogue Number: 103.08.3009

Description: Thick leather fold-over purse decorated with four rows of brass tacks curved arond a cross at the centre of the top flap. Back of purse has a 2.5 cm wide leather strap for slipping belt through. Tag printed with “ALBERTA STONEY INDIAN HAND CRAFTS MORLEY - ALBERTA” with a teepee and symbols. Th…

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Title: Purse

Date: 1970

Material: skin; metal

Dimensions: 11.0 x 14.5 cm

Description: Thick leather fold-over purse decorated with four rows of brass tacks curved arond a cross at the centre of the top flap. Back of purse has a 2.5 cm wide leather strap for slipping belt through. Tag printed with “ALBERTA STONEY INDIAN HAND CRAFTS MORLEY - ALBERTA” with a teepee and symbols. The reverse of the tag has CRW's writing: "Purse for belt belonged to Edwin Dixons mother - Belt he wore & is worn out Mina Lefthand - blind since he was 7."