Norval Morrisseau
(1931 - 2007) RCA, Order of Canada
Previously Sold Works
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Migration/ The Great Flood
colour silkscreen
signed, titled and numbered 16/45 in the lower margin
25.25 x 37 ins ( 64.1 x 94 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $1,652.00
Sale date: June 26th 2019
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Sacred Bear
colour silkscreen
signed, titled, dated “9/8/76”, numbered 72/99 and inscribed “Woodland Studios” in the lower margin
21 x 30.5 ins ( 53.3 x 77.5 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $1,416.00
Sale date: February 21st 2018
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
The Art of Norval Morrisseau: Collection of 5 Prints in Original Portfolio
five colour serigraphs
a portfolio containing five serigraphs printed in colours, each signed in pencil, number 304 in an edition of 350, including an edition of publication “The Art of Norval Morrisseau” by Lister Sinclair and Jack Pollock (signed by Norval Morrisseau and Jack Pollock), published by Methuen, Toronto/New York, 1979, contained in a wooden case with calfskin straps
Note: print B “Shaman Conjuring Speech” is framed
24 x 18 ins ( 61 x 45.7 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $1,416.00
Sale date: September 12th 2018
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Untitled (Man with Fish)
graphite on paper
signed in syllabics lower left
14.5 x 9.5 ins ( 36.8 x 24.1 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,440.00
Sale date: January 23rd 2024
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Ojibway Medicine Man
serigraph in colours
inscribed with artist’s name, titled and numbered 91/98 lower left; titled and numbered on the gallery label on the reverse
28 x 23.5 ins ( 71.1 x 59.7 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $1,320.00
Sale date: February 28th 2023
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Self Portrait of the Artist - Astral Projection
colour serigraph
inscribed with the artist’s name, title, dated “1977” and inscribed “Woodland Studios A/P” in the lower margin; unframed
40 x 26.25 ins ( 101.6 x 66.7 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $1,200.00
Sale date: March 22nd 2022
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
A Collection of Five Prints
colour serigraphs
five individually framed serigraphs from a portfolio of five works, each signed in syllabics and numbered 67/350 (original portfolio case not included in this lot)
24 x 18 ins ( 61 x 45.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,200.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,035.00
Sale date: September 20th 2017
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
The Art of Norval Morrisseau: Collection of 5 Prints in Original Portfolio
five colour serigraphs
a portfolio containing five serigraphs printed in colours, each signed in pencil, number 324 in an edition of 350, including an edition of publication “The Art of Norval Morrisseau” by Lister Sinclair and Jack Pollock (signed by Lister and Pollock and numbered 324/350 in the reverse), published by Methuen, Toronto/New York, 1979, contained in a wooden case with calfskin straps
24 x 18 ins ( 61 x 45.7 cms ) ( each sheet )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,062.00
Sale date: November 28th 2018
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
The Art of Norval Morrisseau: Collection of 5 Prints in Original Portfolio
five colour serigraphs
a portfolio containing five serigraphs printed in colours (”The Dawn”, “Shaman Conjuring Speech”, “Composition with Loons”, “Young Gulls Watching” and “Shaman and Apprentice”), each signed in pencil, number 90 in an edition of 350, including an edition of publication “The Art of Norval Morrisseau” by Lister Sinclair and Jack Pollock (signed by Lister and Pollock and numbered 90/350 in the reverse), published by Methuen, Toronto/New York, 1979, contained in a wooden case with calfskin straps
24 x 18 ins ( 61 x 45.7 cms ) ( each sheet )
Auction Estimate: $700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $1,062.00
Sale date: July 16th 2019
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Moose and Wolves
colour serigraph
signed, titled and numbered 23/98 in the lower margin; unframed
19 x 23 ins ( 48.3 x 58.4 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $1,080.00
Sale date: February 28th 2023
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Folio of Six Prints
prints
Six prints: “We Are Gods Within Ourselves” (22 ins x 16 3/4 ins); “Fish and Loons of Lake Nipigon” (16.5 ins x 22.75 ins); “Children of Light and Sound” (22.5 ins x 16.75); “Bird Speaks to These Children” (22.5 ins x 16.75 ins); “Sermon to the Birds” (22.5 ins x 17 ins); and “Woodland Creatures” (16.5 ins x 23 ins); contained within the original portfolio
22 x 16 ins ( 55.9 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,020.00
Sale date: August 27th 2015
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Artist’s Spiritual Wife and Children
colour serigraph
inscribed with the artist’s name, title, dated “1977” and inscribed “Woodland Studios A/P” in the lower margin; unframed
40 x 26 ins ( 101.6 x 66 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $1,020.00
Sale date: March 22nd 2022
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Community Development
colour serigraph
signed, titled and numbered “57/68” in the lower margin
17.25 x 23.75 ins ( 43.8 x 60.3 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $1,020.00
Sale date: August 15th 2023
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Untitled (Bird and Fish)
graphite on paper
signed in syllabics lower right
14.5 x 9.5 ins ( 36.8 x 24.1 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,020.00
Sale date: January 23rd 2024
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Norval Morrisseau Biography
(1931 - 2007) RCA, Order of Canada
Born in 1931 at Sandy Point Reserve, Ontario, Morrisseau was a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts since 1970. Norval Morrisseau was the celebrated founder of the Woodland School, which revitalized Anishnabe iconography, traditionally incised on rocks and Midewiwin birchbark scrolls. A self-taught painter, printmaker, and illustrator, Morrisseau created an innovative vocabulary which was initially criticized in the Native community for its disclosure of traditional spiritual knowledge. His colourful, figurative images delineated with heavy black form lines and x-ray articulations, were characteristically signed with the syllabic spelling of Copper Thunderbird, the name Morrisseau’s grandfather gave him. Morrisseau completed many commissions during his career including the mural for the Indians of Canada Pavilion at Expo 67. He was made a member of the Order of Canada in 1978 and, in 1980, received honourary doctorates from both McGill and McMaster universities. In 1995 Morrisseau was honoured by the Assembly of First Nations.
