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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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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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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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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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To Winnipeg

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1972

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.06

Description: Prairie highway through fields; bottom half of picture is white; rolling hills with fields to centre of picture; some sections painted various shades of green and brown; a road is off left centre disappearing on the horizon; top half is sky, shades of blue with a bank of white clouds across pi…

Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: To Winnipeg

Date: 1972

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 16.5 x 12.5 cm

Description: Prairie highway through fields; bottom half of picture is white; rolling hills with fields to centre of picture; some sections painted various shades of green and brown; a road is off left centre disappearing on the horizon; top half is sky, shades of blue with a bank of white clouds across picture and on the horizon; a green number 8 is centre bottom.

Subject: landscape; prairie

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

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.06

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Hill Slipped

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1977

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.07

Description: Small landscape (5.5x6.5) in molded plastic frame; top two thirds is sky near horizon medium blue deepening to very dark at top of picture; foreground has various shapes indicating hills and fields of colours ranging in the light browns and greens to white.

Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Hill Slipped

Date: 1977

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 8.8 x 8.8 cm

Description: Small landscape (5.5x6.5) in molded plastic frame; top two thirds is sky near horizon medium blue deepening to very dark at top of picture; foreground has various shapes indicating hills and fields of colours ranging in the light browns and greens to white.

Subject: landscape; prairie

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

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.07

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MV

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1976

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.08

Description: Foothills scene with road; pencil drawn frame ca 9.6x15.0; a brown road with white centre line is at centre bottom, white slopes rise both sides; 3 shades of green indicate rolling hills to above centre and to right; white, mountain range on horizon; grey/blue top third.

Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: MV

Date: 1976

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 14.3 x 19.0 cm

Description: Foothills scene with road; pencil drawn frame ca 9.6x15.0; a brown road with white centre line is at centre bottom, white slopes rise both sides; 3 shades of green indicate rolling hills to above centre and to right; white, mountain range on horizon; grey/blue top third.

Subject: landscape; prairie; foothills

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

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.08

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NTV

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1978

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.09

Description: Abstract shapes in blues and browns; pencil drawn frame 9.6x14.2; irregular shapes, largest top left is olive drab; smaller shapes br have shades of blue;

Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: NTV

Date: 1978

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 14.0 x 19.0 cm

Description: Abstract shapes in blues and browns; pencil drawn frame 9.6x14.2; irregular shapes, largest top left is olive drab; smaller shapes br have shades of blue;

Subject: landscape; abstract

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

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.09

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Stacked Landscape

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1970

Medium: charcoal; Aquatec acrylic stain on raw canvas

Catalogue Number: SiR.12.10

Description: A green strip follows the suggestion of a road sketched in charcoal on the right side of the work. Rising from the centre at the end of the road are three horizontal rectangles painted from bottom in cream, brown and pink.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Stacked Landscape

Date: 1970

Medium: charcoal; Aquatec acrylic stain on raw canvas

Dimensions: 81.2 x 81.2 cm

Description: A green strip follows the suggestion of a road sketched in charcoal on the right side of the work. Rising from the centre at the end of the road are three horizontal rectangles painted from bottom in cream, brown and pink.

Subject: landscape; sky; mountains

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.12.10

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The Great Canadian Landscape: Road’s End

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1978

Medium: hand-formed acrylic sheet; airbrushed paint

Catalogue Number: SiR.06.02

Description: A blue flat segment of hand formed acrylic. A road extends through a small section of the middle, flanked by transparent brown on either side. The back features three rounded green shapes.b. wood base with cream soft cloth insert set 5cm in

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: The Great Canadian Landscape: Road’s End

Date: 1978

Medium: hand-formed acrylic sheet; airbrushed paint

Dimensions: 10 x 24 cm

Description: A blue flat segment of hand formed acrylic. A road extends through a small section of the middle, flanked by transparent brown on either side. The back features three rounded green shapes.b. wood base with cream soft cloth insert set 5cm in

Subject: landscape; mountains

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.06.02

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The Great Canadian Landscape: Cloudy Day

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1971

Medium: hand-formed acrylic sheet; airbrushed paint

Catalogue Number: SiR.06.03

Description: From a flat base rises a black road with a yellow stripe. Lines of brown sit on either side. From the road rises a mixture of abstract green, brown, blue and clear shapes, some of which could indicate clouds.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: The Great Canadian Landscape: Cloudy Day

Date: 1971

Medium: hand-formed acrylic sheet; airbrushed paint

Dimensions: 13.5 x 10.2 cm

Description: From a flat base rises a black road with a yellow stripe. Lines of brown sit on either side. From the road rises a mixture of abstract green, brown, blue and clear shapes, some of which could indicate clouds.

Subject: landscape; mountains

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.06.03

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The Great Canadian Landscape: Cloud Scoop

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1971

Medium: hand-formed acrylic sheet; airbrushed paint

Catalogue Number: SiR.06.04

Description: A clear stand provides additional support for the road that sits in front. The road is black with a yellow line, and extends to the right of the piece. It is flanked by two green stripes. On either side of the road at the top are two green suggestions of bushes. The background of the piece is light…

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: The Great Canadian Landscape: Cloud Scoop

Date: 1971

Medium: hand-formed acrylic sheet; airbrushed paint

Dimensions: 12 x 10.5 cm

Description: A clear stand provides additional support for the road that sits in front. The road is black with a yellow line, and extends to the right of the piece. It is flanked by two green stripes. On either side of the road at the top are two green suggestions of bushes. The background of the piece is light blue and clear, with a suggestion of clouds rising from the stand.

Subject: landscape; mountains

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.06.04

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The Great Canadian Landscape: West Road

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1971

Medium: hand-formed acrylic sheet; airbrushed paint

Catalogue Number: SiR.06.05

Description: A black line flanked by green on either side folds upon itself to create a stand. Rising from the black line are two semi-flat surfaces, green and brown respectively. The centre of the piece rises to a series of cloud shapes in clear and blue.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: The Great Canadian Landscape: West Road

Date: 1971

Medium: hand-formed acrylic sheet; airbrushed paint

Dimensions: 14 x 11.5 cm

Description: A black line flanked by green on either side folds upon itself to create a stand. Rising from the black line are two semi-flat surfaces, green and brown respectively. The centre of the piece rises to a series of cloud shapes in clear and blue.

Subject: landscape; mountains

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.06.05

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The Great Canadian Landscape: Canyon Walls

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1973

Medium: hand-formed acrylic sheet; airbrushed paint

Catalogue Number: SiR.06.06

Description: A dark road with a yellow stripe sits between two vertical walls painted in shades of green and brown.b. wood base missing canvas piece

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: The Great Canadian Landscape: Canyon Walls

Date: 1973

Medium: hand-formed acrylic sheet; airbrushed paint

Dimensions: 20.5 x 29 cm

Description: A dark road with a yellow stripe sits between two vertical walls painted in shades of green and brown.b. wood base missing canvas piece

Subject: landscape; mountains

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.06.06

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Ode to Road: Mountain Wall

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1979

Medium: hand-formed acrylic sheet; airbrushed paint

Catalogue Number: SiR.06.07

Description: A clear sheet of acrylic rises from a black stand. A small segment of black and yellow road sits in the middle.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Ode to Road: Mountain Wall

Date: 1979

Medium: hand-formed acrylic sheet; airbrushed paint

Dimensions: 125 x 35 cm

Description: A clear sheet of acrylic rises from a black stand. A small segment of black and yellow road sits in the middle.

Subject: landscape; mountains

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.06.07

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The Ode to Road: Hill Treed Road

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1976

Medium: hand-formed acrylic sheet; airbrushed paint

Catalogue Number: SiR.06.09

Description: The piece folds upon itself at a right angle. The upper section is cut in curving lines. From the left rises a section of black road with a yellow line.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: The Ode to Road: Hill Treed Road

Date: 1976

Medium: hand-formed acrylic sheet; airbrushed paint

Dimensions: 45.5 x 88.8 cm

Description: The piece folds upon itself at a right angle. The upper section is cut in curving lines. From the left rises a section of black road with a yellow line.