Norval Morrisseau
(1932 - 2007) RCA, Order of Canada
Previously Sold Works
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Shaman Vision Series One
set of six colour serigraphs
- “Astral Children Community”;
- “Vision to its Soul”;
- “A Child in Astral Plain”;
- “This Is The Way It Is”;
- “Native Unity”;
- “Fish Unity in Cosmic Sea”;
each signed, titled and numbered “20/195” in the lower margin; each unframed and housed in the original portfolio case
19 x 24 ins ( 48.3 x 61 cms ) ( each sheet )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $3,360.00
Sale date: January 23rd 2024
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Bear Country
ink on paper
signed in syllabics lower right; titled and dated 1991 on a gallery label on the backing on the reverse
22.5 x 29.5 ins ( 57.2 x 74.9 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $3,120.00
Sale date: August 15th 2023
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
The Art of Norval Morrisseau: Collection of Five Prints
five colour serigraphs
a portfolio containing five serigraphs printed in colour (”The Dawn”, “Shaman Conjuring Speech”, “Composition with Loons”, “Young Gulls Watching” and “Shaman and Apprentice”); each signed in pencil, numbered 324 in an edition of 350, including an edition of the publication “The Art of Norval Morrisseau” by Lister Sinclair and Jack Pollock (signed by Lister and Pollock and numbered 90/350 on 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: $900.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $3,120.00
Sale date: November 7th 2023
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
The Art of Norval Morrisseau: Collection of 5 Prints in Original Portfolio
5 colour serigraphs
A gallery edition of “The Art of Norval Morrisseau” by Lister Sinclair and Jack Pollock, accompanied by five signed and numbered prints from October 31, 1979 in the original portfolio. Sinclair and Pollock, Methuen, Toronto, 1979, numbered 277 on an accompanying inspection card. “The Dawn”, “Shaman Conjuring Speech”, “Composition with Loons”, “Young Gulls Watching”, “Shaman and Apprentice”; each print signed and numbered 277/350 in the lower margin (24 ins x 18 ins)
24 x 18 ins ( 61 x 45.7 cms ) ( each sheet )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $2,300.00
Sale date: December 6th 2017
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Shaman Vision Series One
set of six colour serigraphs
- “Native Unity”;
- “A Child in Astral Plain”;
- “This Is The Way It Is”;
- “Vision to its Soul”;
- “Astral Children Community”;
- “Fish Unity in Cosmic Sea”;
each signed, titled and numbered 115/195 in the lower margin; each unframed and housed in the original portfolio case
19 x 24 ins ( 48.3 x 61 cms ) ( each sheet )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $2,400.00
Sale date: February 27th 2024
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Cosmic Children I
silkscreen
signed, titled and numbered 67/188 in the lower margin
21.5 x 15.5 ins ( 54.6 x 39.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $2,070.00
Sale date: September 20th 2017
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Portfolio of prints
five colour serigraphs
a portfolio containing five serigraphs printed in colours, each signed in pencil, number 34? 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
24 x 18 ins ( 61 x 45.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $2,040.00
Sale date: February 19th 2015
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Ancestral Shamans Travelling in Time
ink drawing
signed in syllabics lower right; titled and dated 2002 to a gallery label on the reverse
13.5 x 16 in ( 34.3 x 40.6 cm ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,800.00
Sale date: November 19th 2024
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
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Norval Morrisseau Biography
(1932 - 2007) RCA, Order of Canada
Born in 1932 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.
