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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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Forced Entry

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1983

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.02

Description: Big sky scene with road through badlands; top 3/4 is sky, very delicately coloured, slight reddish tint at horizon off into yellow and a very slight blue tinge at the top; a brown road with a white stripe down the centre undulates through green topped badlands; blc is white with pencil lines indica…

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Forced Entry

Date: 1983

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 60.4 x 45.5 cm

Description: Big sky scene with road through badlands; top 3/4 is sky, very delicately coloured, slight reddish tint at horizon off into yellow and a very slight blue tinge at the top; a brown road with a white stripe down the centre undulates through green topped badlands; blc is white with pencil lines indicating side of mesa; the picture is outlined with pencil;

Subject: landscape; prairie

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

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.02

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Sly Sunset

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1980

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.03

Description: Red sky landscape; top two thirds is reddish tones; bottom third is white with green/brown angular shapes separating the two; the picture is outlined with pencil.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Sly Sunset

Date: 1980

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 60.4 x 45.5 cm

Description: Red sky landscape; top two thirds is reddish tones; bottom third is white with green/brown angular shapes separating the two; the picture is outlined with pencil.

Subject: landscape; prairie

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

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.03

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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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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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Canada Classic: Mountain Muscle

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1980

Medium: aquatec stain on raw cotton

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.10

Description: Partially painted foothills landscape; bottom two thirds is a series of irregular vertical shapes indicating foothills; left of centre a road cuts through a valley disappearing over the horizon; reds and browns beside distant highway; 2 grey shapes at left of painting; top third is blank excep…

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Canada Classic: Mountain Muscle

Date: 1980

Medium: aquatec stain on raw cotton

Dimensions: 93.9 x 205.7 cm

Description: Partially painted foothills landscape; bottom two thirds is a series of irregular vertical shapes indicating foothills; left of centre a road cuts through a valley disappearing over the horizon; reds and browns beside distant highway; 2 grey shapes at left of painting; top third is blank except for signature and date.

Subject: landscape; prairie

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

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.10

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Glow

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1988

Medium: Watercolor on arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.18

Description: Three mountain shapes, in grey, black and white. The tops of the mountains are rimmed in a pink tone.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Glow

Date: 1988

Medium: Watercolor on arches paper

Dimensions: 28.1 x 19 cm

Description: Three mountain shapes, in grey, black and white. The tops of the mountains are rimmed in a pink tone.

Subject: mountain; landscape; sunrise; sunset

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.18

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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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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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Laps

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1980

Medium: watercolor on arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.15

Description: Narrow horizontal series of shapes extending across the bottom third of the work. Dominant colours are neutral tones of brown, black.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Laps

Date: 1980

Medium: watercolor on arches paper

Dimensions: 56 x 76 cm

Description: Narrow horizontal series of shapes extending across the bottom third of the work. Dominant colours are neutral tones of brown, black.

Subject: landscape; mountains

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.15

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CNTR VRTN (Centre Variation)

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1980

Medium: watercolor on arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.16

Description: Dark sky in blues and beiges. Mountain in centre is flanked by two triangles of white. Road leading up to mountain, and mountain has small section of snow on right.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: CNTR VRTN (Centre Variation)

Date: 1980

Medium: watercolor on arches paper

Dimensions: 45.6 x 60.7 cm

Description: Dark sky in blues and beiges. Mountain in centre is flanked by two triangles of white. Road leading up to mountain, and mountain has small section of snow on right.

Subject: landscape; mountains; road; snow

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.16

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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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Hot Tide

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1997

Medium: watercolor on arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.23

Description: The image is dominated by a dark blue/black sky in the background and a brown mountain in the lower half of the image. At the centre a red semi circle rises behind a mountain peak.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Hot Tide

Date: 1997

Medium: watercolor on arches paper

Dimensions: 28.2 x 37.8 cm

Description: The image is dominated by a dark blue/black sky in the background and a brown mountain in the lower half of the image. At the centre a red semi circle rises behind a mountain peak.

Subject: landscape; mountains

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.23

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Sisters Moon

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 2000

Medium: watercolor on arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.22

Description: Three mountain peaks rise from the bottom of the piece, with a white semi circle ringed in yellow rising from the bottom left. The sky is presented in shades of pink and blue.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Sisters Moon

Date: 2000

Medium: watercolor on arches paper

Dimensions: 28 x 76 cm

Description: Three mountain peaks rise from the bottom of the piece, with a white semi circle ringed in yellow rising from the bottom left. The sky is presented in shades of pink and blue.

Subject: landscape; mountains

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.22

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Sun Come Moon

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1997

Medium: watercolor on arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.21

Description: Mountain range across bottom half of work, rendered in browns, blues, green and white tones. A half circle runs along the upper left hand corner, and the far right side is rendered in peach tones.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Sun Come Moon

Date: 1997

Medium: watercolor on arches paper

Dimensions: 51 x 150.4 cm

Description: Mountain range across bottom half of work, rendered in browns, blues, green and white tones. A half circle runs along the upper left hand corner, and the far right side is rendered in peach tones.

Subject: landscape; mountains

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.21

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Moon Sun

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1997

Medium: watercolor on arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.20

Description: Two mountains are rendered in brown with white snow patches. On the upper left a blue and yellow semi circle rises above the mountain.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Moon Sun

Date: 1997

Medium: watercolor on arches paper

Dimensions: 28.4 x 76.1 cm

Description: Two mountains are rendered in brown with white snow patches. On the upper left a blue and yellow semi circle rises above the mountain.

Subject: landscape; mountains

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.20

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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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Thrust

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1990

Medium: watercolour on arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.24

Description: Green mountain rising from left side. The majority of the image is composed of a mountain leaning sharply to the left. Red and yellow tones rise from the left.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Thrust

Date: 1990

Medium: watercolour on arches paper

Dimensions: 65.1 x 102.1 cm

Description: Green mountain rising from left side. The majority of the image is composed of a mountain leaning sharply to the left. Red and yellow tones rise from the left.