Norval Morrisseau
(1931 - 2007) RCA, Order of Canada
Previously Sold Works
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
Spirit Figure Suckling
acrylic on board
signed in syllabics lower right
19.5 x 15.5 ins ( 49.5 x 39.4 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $10,000.00 - $15,000.00
Price Realized $11,400.00
Sale date: January 23rd 2024
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
Untitled (Owl)
oil on paper
signed in syllabics lower right
20 x 14.5 in ( 50.8 x 36.8 cm ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $5,000.00 - $7,000.00
Price Realized $7,800.00
Sale date: June 25th 2024
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Group of Loons
tempera on paper
signed in syllabics lower right; initialed “N.M.” and dated 1968 in pencil on the reverse
17 x 22.25 ins ( 43.2 x 56.5 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Price Realized $6,720.00
Sale date: August 15th 2023
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
Loon Family
acrylic on paper
signed in syllabics lower left
30.5 x 22.75 ins ( 77.5 x 57.8 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $6,000.00 - $8,000.00
Price Realized $6,000.00
Sale date: November 7th 2023
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
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Thunderbird
mixed media on birchbark
faded signature (once evident in the lower right corner)
15.5 x 12.5 ins ( 39.4 x 31.8 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Price Realized $5,290.00
Sale date: November 25th 2015
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Shaman Vision Series One: Vision to its Soul, Native Unity, A Child in Astral Plain, Astral Children Community, This Is The Way It Is and Fish Unity in Cosmic Sea
six serigraphs
each signed, titled and numbered 35/195 in the lower margin; housed in portfolio case
19 x 24 ins ( 48.3 x 61 cms ) ( each sheet )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $3,840.00
Sale date: November 7th 2023
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
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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.
