Norval Morrisseau
(1931 - 2007) RCA, Order of Canada
Previously Sold Works
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Animal Unity
acrylic on canvas
signed in syllabics lower right
50 x 108 ins ( 127 x 274.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $70,000.00 - $90,000.00
Price Realized $312,000.00
Sale date: June 15th 2022
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Untitled (Moose Pair)
acrylic on paper
signed in syllabics lower centre
32 x 79 ins ( 81.3 x 200.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $25,000.00 - $30,000.00
Price Realized $35,400.00
Sale date: September 24th 2020
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Shaman-Thunderbird Transformation
acrylic on kraft card, laid on masonite
signed in syllabics lower right
32 x 24 ins ( 81.3 x 61 cms )
Auction Estimate: $9,000.00 - $12,000.00
Price Realized $15,600.00
Sale date: June 9th 2021
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Thunderbird at Rest
acrylic on kraft card, laid on masonite
signed in syllabics lower right
32 x 23.25 ins ( 81.3 x 59.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $8,000.00 - $12,000.00
Price Realized $6,000.00
Sale date: September 28th 2021
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Medicine Buffalo
acrylic on canvas board
signed lower left
20 x 24 ins ( 50.8 x 61 cms )
Auction Estimate: $6,000.00 - $8,000.00
Price Realized $11,400.00
Sale date: June 1st 2016
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Two Hemispheres
acrylic on canvas
signed in syllabics at lower right edge; inscribed “N.J.” and “1” on the reverse
56 x 52 ins ( 142.2 x 132.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $20,000.00 - $30,000.00
Price Realized $28,800.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Thunderbird
acrylic on kraft board
signed in syllabics at right
24 x 50 ins ( 61 x 127 cms )
Auction Estimate: $9,000.00 - $12,000.00
Price Realized $9,600.00
Sale date: March 22nd 2022
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
The Wheel of Life
acrylic on board
signed in syllabics lower left; dated 1973 and inscribed “The Artist and his Environment” on the reverse; titled on a gallery label on the reverse of the frame
39.75 x 31.25 ins ( 101 x 79.4 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $6,000.00 - $8,000.00
Price Realized $6,000.00
Sale date: March 30th 2021
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Birds and Fish II
acrylic on paper
signed lower left in syllabics; unframed
18 x 24 ins ( 45.7 x 61 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $5,520.00
Sale date: March 8th 2017
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Water Beetle
mixed media on birchbark
signed lower right
16 x 16 ins ( 40.6 x 40.6 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $3,500.00 - $4,500.00
Price Realized $5,290.00
Sale date: November 25th 2015
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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.
