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Quadra Vision

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Date: 1967

Medium: acrylic on canvas

Catalogue Number: WiS.12.01

Description: General colour: Primaries and secondaries. The four sides are all similtaneously used as a base for four scenes. Moving counter clockwise: 1. Two figures by a lake with a canoe, mountains in the background. 2. A house with a blue car parked outside and two teepees next door. 3. A train, a flying sa…

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Artist: Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian)

Title: Quadra Vision

Date: 1967

Medium: acrylic on canvas

Dimensions: 61 x 76.2 cm

Description: General colour: Primaries and secondaries. The four sides are all similtaneously used as a base for four scenes. Moving counter clockwise: 1. Two figures by a lake with a canoe, mountains in the background. 2. A house with a blue car parked outside and two teepees next door. 3. A train, a flying saucer and a deep sea diver. 4. A river, on one bank, a farm on the other, a city. Superimposed on all this are geometric shapes that were used in 1967 as a Canadian centenial logs.

Subject: abstract, non-representational

Credit: Purchased from Sitting Wind, 1967

Catalogue Number: WiS.12.01

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Sister of Morning Dream

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1997

Medium: fluid acrylic on linen

Catalogue Number: SiR.12.08

Description: Four black pointed shapes move across the piece. The edges of these shapes are rough, and paint splatter is visible off of the tops of several of the shapes.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Sister of Morning Dream

Date: 1997

Medium: fluid acrylic on linen

Dimensions: 91.3 x 153.9 cm

Description: Four black pointed shapes move across the piece. The edges of these shapes are rough, and paint splatter is visible off of the tops of several of the shapes.

Subject: landscape; mountains; abstract

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.12.08

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Sisters of Mountains Too

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1997

Medium: acrylic on linen canvas

Catalogue Number: SiR.12.11

Description: Five black pointed shapes move across the piece. The edges of these shapes are rough, and paint splatter is visible off of the tops of several of the shapes. The two shapes on the left are large, the three on the right are small.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Sisters of Mountains Too

Date: 1997

Medium: acrylic on linen canvas

Dimensions: 93.7 x 203.4 cm

Description: Five black pointed shapes move across the piece. The edges of these shapes are rough, and paint splatter is visible off of the tops of several of the shapes. The two shapes on the left are large, the three on the right are small.

Subject: landscape; abstract; mountains

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.12.11

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Three Sisters

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1997

Medium: acrylic on linen canvas

Catalogue Number: SiR.12.12

Description: Two suggestions of mountains are achieved with thick curved and pointed lines. One shape sits on the right side, the second begins in the centre of the work and extends with a fading line to the left.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Three Sisters

Date: 1997

Medium: acrylic on linen canvas

Dimensions: 76.3 x 229.4 cm

Description: Two suggestions of mountains are achieved with thick curved and pointed lines. One shape sits on the right side, the second begins in the centre of the work and extends with a fading line to the left.