Norval Morrisseau
(1931 - 2007) RCA, Order of Canada
Previously Sold Works
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
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Untitled (Fish X-Ray Vision)
pencil drawing
signed in syllabics lower right
13 x 22 ins ( 33 x 55.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $960.00
Sale date: September 28th 2021
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Artist’s Spiritual Wife and Children
colour silkscreen
signed, titled, dated 1977, numbered 50/100 and inscribed “Woodland Studios” in the lower margin; unframed
40 x 26 ins ( 101.6 x 66 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $885.00
Sale date: September 12th 2018
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Artist’s Spiritual Wife and Children
colour serigraph
signed, titled, dated 1977, numbered 4/100 and inscribed “Woodland Studios” in the lower margin
32 x 22 ins ( 81.3 x 55.9 cms ) ( subject )
Auction Estimate: $700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $900.00
Sale date: September 27th 2022
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Self Portrait of the Artist - Astral Projection
colour silkscreen
signed, titled, dated 1977, numbered 43/100 and inscribed “Woodland Studios” in the lower margin; unframed
40 x 26 ins ( 101.6 x 66 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $826.00
Sale date: February 21st 2018
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Set of Six Silkscreens
colour silkscreens
Including: Sermon to the Birds; Children of Light and Sound; Woodland Creatures; Fish and Loons of Lake N’i’abon; We Are Gods Within Ourselves; Bird Speaks to These Children. All signed, titled and numbered 245/350 in the lower margins; all unframed and housed in a protective hard cover portfolio
25.75 x 19.75 ins ( 65.4 x 50.2 cms ) ( each sheet )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $826.00
Sale date: June 5th 2019
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
The Gathering
colour serigraph
signed, titled and numbered 176/500 in the lower margin
19 x 25 ins ( 48.3 x 63.5 cms ) ( image )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $840.00
Sale date: August 15th 2023
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Shaman Astral Guide I
colour serigraph
signed, titled and numbered 99/220 in the lower margin
29 x 13.25 ins ( 73.7 x 33.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $748.00
Sale date: June 14th 2017
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Inner Self
silkscreen
signed, titled and numbered 13/160
21.5 x 15.5 ins ( 54.6 x 39.4 cms )
Price Realized $650.00
Sale date: July 5th 2017
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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.
