Norval Morrisseau - Original paintings, drums, rare prints from House of the Spirit Bear


NORVAL MORRISSEAU
	Norval Morrisseau, also called Copper Thunderbird, rose to fame in the 1960s when he developed the unique painting style known as the Woodland School. Today this art style is called Anishnaabe painting, a reference to the artist’s heritage.
	New for Feb/2010 Look Within Ourselves, 60/80 30x24 Discipline, 7/93 26x34 Just Be, Bird Forms, 58/136 25x30 Reality, 76/98 26x20 We must be Childlike,88/98 30x25 Mother & Child, 63/95 25x27 Thinking of Fishes,29/185 16x22 Bear Spirit, 41/73 34x26 Soul Looks Beyond,75/97 22x30 Soul Vision, 34/93 22x30 Shaman and Son, 11/145 29x26 Conversation, 109/122 34x25 Vision Series (set of 6 prints in case) /195 Framed serigraphs Discipline, 86/93 29x38 The Great Flood 39/120 34x26 Soul Floating in Cosmic Sea 37x29 Cosmic Children I; 19/188 23x29 Cosmic Children II; 19/188 23x29 Cause & Effect 12/99 29x22
Norval Morrisseau' s work can be seen at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection exhibition Woodlands School	The Woodland School examines the vibrant art of Woodland School painters Norval Morrisseau, Daphne Odjig, Eddy Cobiness, Carl Ray, Alex Janvier, Blake Debassige, Saul Williams, Martin Panamick, and Goyce Kakegamic, Cecil Youngfox and other Woodland School artists. The Woodland School style of painting was popularized through the work of Norval Morrisseau who caught the attention of the art-buying public with his first exhibition at the Pollock Gallery in Toronto in 1962. Morrisseau, defying cultural restrictions, based his work on traditional Ojibway visual imagery taken from petroglyphs and Midewewin birchbark scrolls, as well as from the myths and legends of his people. The Woodland School style has several characteristics including; a predominant black form line, an undifferentiated background, pure colours, x-ray perspectives, and a system of interconnecting lines known as linear determinatives that indicate sacred power. The overall effect produces a bright vivid image similar in some ways to stained glass. The Woodland School has become one of the most recognizable forms of First Nations art.
	Norval Morrisseau Original 1992 (Guaranteed with Providence) 52 x 28" framed "Young Ojibway Indian Man with Eagle Headdress" $18,900

Norval Morrisseau limited edition hand signed and numbered serigraphs..	The images are of the serigraphs that we have for sale and we are doing our best to photograph them but some are not perfectly square in the photo but the actual prints are. Please use the photos as a good representation of the actual art.


Norval Morrisseau - "Legend of the Fish People at the Great Flood" only 30 of a total of 49 in the 1980 Limited edition 31" x 41". Beautiful 100% rag paper with unfinished edges. Would be very nice in a floated frame. Hand signed and in Excellent condition. In this picture I had to use weights to hold down the edges and Photoshoped them of and that is the cause of the blurry corners. Can send original photos.
	$3900.00 32"x41" (image size: 22"x34"), c. 1980 - Limited Edition Silkscreen (paper, 100% cotton), Edition of 49, Â© Norval Morrisseau - Extremely high quality The teaching about how a new Earth was created after the Great Flood is one of the classic Nanabush* Stories. It tells of how Nanabush managed to save himself by resting on a chi-mitig (huge log) that was floating on the vast expanse of water that covered Mother Earth. - * - a trickster; Ojibway hold Nanabush as essential to any contact with the sacred.

Featured Set - Norval Morrisseau Shaman Vision Series"
Norval Morrisseau "Shaman Vision Series One" from Art Collectors Limited Editions Inc. Series of six hand pulled serigraphs each signed and numbered by Norval Morrisseau. This set is in excellent condition and is numbered 35 out of a total of 195. Measuring 24" x 19" with their own case as pictured above. Three sets available at $2500 per set.





Cosmic Children I and II; 19/188 as a set framed 23 x 29 $1500.00

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	Norval Morrisseau - 1979 Below are six signed and correspondingly numbered silk screen prints (193/350). All prints are signed by Norval Morrisseau in pencil. This is a set of six that originally was the French Version of "The Art of Norval Morrisseau" it does not have the book and the case is much different than the English version. no. 193 of a total of 350 serigraphs 20" x 25.75" -Excellent Condition Each was carefully inspected, approved and signed by the artist. These limited edition prints were produced as serigraphs. Printing plates and/or screens have been destroyed and no further prints will be produced We have individually priced the works but would rather sell as a set @ $2700.00 for all six all with the same number of 193/350.

	Norval Morrisseau - 1979 Included are six signed and correspondingly numbered silk screen prints. All prints are signed by Norval Morrisseau in pencil. "Children of Light and Sound"" no. 193 of a total of 350 serigraphs 20" x 25.75" -Excellent Condition Each was carefully inspected, approved and signed by the artist. These limited edition prints were produced as serigraphs. Printing plates and/or screens have been destroyed and no further prints will be produced $690.00

	Norval Morrisseau - 1979 Included are six signed and correspondingly numbered silk screen prints. All prints are signed by Norval Morrisseau in pencil. "Bird Speaks With These Childern"" no. 193 of a total of 350 serigraphs 20" x 25.75" -Excellent Condition Each was carefully inspected, approved and signed by the artist. These limited edition prints were produced as serigraphs. Printing plates and/or screens have been destroyed and no further prints will be produced $690.00

	Norval Morrisseau - 1979 Included are six signed and correspondingly numbered silk screen prints. All prints are signed by Norval Morrisseau in pencil. "Woodland Creatures" no. 193 of a total of 350 serigraphs 20" x 25.75" -Excellent Condition Each was carefully inspected, approved and signed by the artist. These limited edition prints were produced as serigraphs. Printing plates and/or screens have been destroyed and no further prints will be produced $590.00

	Norval Morrisseau - 1979 Included are six signed and correspondingly numbered silk screen prints. All prints are signed by Norval Morrisseau in pencil. "Fish and Loons of Lake Nipigon" no. 193 of a total of 350 serigraphs 20" x 25.75" -Excellent Condition Each was carefully inspected, approved and signed by the artist. These limited edition prints were produced as serigraphs. Printing plates and/or screens have been destroyed and no further prints will be produced $590.00

	Norval Morrisseau - 1979 The Art of Norval Morrisseau by Lister Sinclair and Jack Pollock. Included are six signed and correspondingly numbered silk screen prints. All prints are signed by Norval Morrisseau in pencil. "We are Gods Within Ourselves"" no. 193 of a total of 350 serigraphs 20" x 25.75" -Excellent Condition Each was carefully inspected, approved and signed by the artist. These limited edition prints were produced as serigraphs. Printing plates and/or screens have been destroyed and no further prints will be produced $690.00
	Norval Morrisseau - 1979 The Art of Norval Morrisseau by Lister Sinclair and Jack Pollock. Included are six signed and correspondingly numbered silk screen prints. All prints are signed by Norval Morrisseau in pencil. "Sermon to the Birds" no. 193 of a total of 350 serigraphs 20" x 25.75" -Excellent Condition Each was carefully inspected, approved and signed by the artist. These limited edition prints were produced as serigraphs. Printing plates and/or screens have been destroyed and no further prints will be produced $690.00

	Norval Morrisseau - "Conversation" no. 100 of a total of 122 serigraphs 34" x 25" -Excellent Condition Each was carefully inspected, approved and signed by the artist. These limited edition prints were produced as serigraphs. Printing plates and/or screens have been destroyed and no further prints will be produced $SOLD

	Norval Morrisseau - "Discipline" no. 7 of a total of 93 serigraphs 34" x 26" -Excellent Condition Each was carefully inspected, approved and signed by the artist. These limited edition prints were produced as serigraphs. Printing plates and/or screens have been destroyed and no further prints will be produced $990.00

	Norval Morrisseau - "Thinking of Fishes" no. 7 of a total of 93 serigraphs 29" x 185" -Excellent Condition Each was carefully inspected, approved and signed by the artist. These limited edition prints were produced as serigraphs. Printing plates and/or screens have been destroyed and no further prints will be produced $SOLD

	Norval Morrisseau - "Soul Looks Beyond" no. 75 of a total of 97 serigraphs 1980/81 22" x 30" -Excellent Condition Each was carefully inspected, approved and signed by the artist. These limited edition prints were produced as serigraphs. Printing plates and/or screens have been destroyed and no further prints will be produced $SOLD
	Norval Morrisseau - "Soul Vision" no. 34 of a total of 93 serigraphs 22" x 30" -Excellent Condition Each was carefully inspected, approved and signed by the artist. These limited edition prints were produced as serigraphs. Printing plates and/or screens have been destroyed and no further prints will be produced $SOLD

	Norval Morrisseau - "Mother and Child" no. 63 of a total of 95 serigraphs 25" x 27" -Excellent Condition Each was carefully inspected, approved and signed by the artist. These limited edition prints were produced as serigraphs. Printing plates and/or screens have been destroyed and no further prints will be produced $SOLD

	Norval Morrisseau - "Shaman and Son" no. 11 of a total of 145 serigraphs 29" x 26" -Excellent Condition Each was carefully inspected, approved and signed by the artist. These limited edition prints were produced as serigraphs. Printing plates and/or screens have been destroyed and no further prints will be produced $SOLD

	Norval Morrisseau "Look Within Ourselves" no. 60 of a total of 80 serigraphs 30" x 24" -Excellent Condition Each was carefully inspected, approved and signed by the artist. These limited edition prints were produced as serigraphs. Printing plates and/or screens have been destroyed and no further prints will be produced $SOLD

	Norval Morrisseau - "Bear Spirit" no. 41 of a total of 73 serigraphs 1979 30" x 23" -Excellent Condition Each was carefully inspected, approved and signed by the artist. These limited edition prints were produced as serigraphs. Printing plates and/or screens have been destroyed and no further prints will be produced $SOLD


	Norval Morrisseau - "Reality, 76/98 26x20" no. 76 of a total of 98 serigraphs 26" x 20" -Excellent Condition Each was carefully inspected, approved and signed by the artist. These limited edition prints were produced as serigraphs. Printing plates and/or screens have been destroyed and no further prints will be produced $SOLD

	Norval Morrisseau - "We must be Childlike" no. 88 of a total of 98 serigraphs 25" x 30" -Excellent Condition Each was carefully inspected, approved and signed by the artist. These limited edition prints were produced as serigraphs. Printing plates and/or screens have been destroyed and no further prints will be produced $SOLD

	Norval Morrisseau - "Just be Bird Forms" no. 58 of a total of 136 serigraphs 1979 25" x 30" -Excellent Condition Each was carefully inspected, approved and signed by the artist. These limited edition prints were produced as serigraphs. Printing plates and/or screens have been destroyed and no further prints will be produced $SOLD


limited edition portfolio including calf skin gallery edition of The Art of Norval Morrisseau by Lister Sinclair and Jack Pollock. Included are five signed and correspondingly numbered silk screen prints. All prints are signed by Norval Morrisseau in pencil with Cree Syllabics. Issued October 31, 1979. Certificate stating 173/350 limited edition signed by F.D. Wardie, Vice President and General Manager Methuen Publications. Book is signed by both Lister Sinclair and Jack Pollock. Prints are leafed with tissue paper, and were not opened until now for purpose of photographing. Prints and book are housed in a handmade white pine box with book cover fabric. Norval Morrisseau syllabic engraved in calf skin affixed to center of box. Extraordinary presentation that is very rare and will only appreciate in value. Please contact the gallery - offered now at $SOLD





	Thunderbird (Pinisiwuk) Thunderbird is considered the most powerful Manitou. They migrate with the birds that appear in spring and disappear in the fall. They are in charge of the second Degree of the Midewiwin Lodge, as well as the Shaking Tent ceremony. They assist the Anicinaabe by driving away the ominous earth and water Manitou(s). Thunderbirds and the Sea Serpents of the lake are adversaries. In fact, Thunderbirds feed upon the great Sea Serpent of the lakes. Visually, connecting lines from Thunderbird feathers usually run from the wings, illustrating the knowledge and power given from above, to those below representing the connection from sky to earth. Norval Morrisseau created six drums for a Victoria, BC gallery in the late 70's. We have been told that they were of different sizes but similar designs. This one was purchased through the gallery then sold again in 2000 through the Seahawk Auctions here in BC. Now available for sale. Estimated value is $SOLD

	Norval Morrisseau Original 1992 (Guaranteed Original with Providence) 28" X 48" Framed "Child Like Simplicity" SOLD