Loon & Fish Theme

Medium:  Serigraph on 100% hand-made cotton rag wild deckle
                  edgen paper (S: 2∙Ri∙Rm∙Tpm∙Tpp∙Tsm)
Edition size:  Known (S: 2∙Ri∙Rm∙Tpw∙Tsm)
Artist Proof:  Unknown
Paper size:  Known (S: 2∙Re∙Ri∙Tsm∙Tm)
Image size: Known (S: 1∙Ri∙Tm)
Year:  1981 (S: 1∙Rm∙Tsm)
Printmaker:  ALVO Canadian Art Inc. (S: 1∙Rm∙Tsm)
Code: A81.3

Remark:
The original acrylic is part of a private collection in Toronto.

The image is used for the Morrisseau show poster at NEXUS  art gallery (Toronto, November 5-19, 1981).

Info needed:
- Existance of Artist Proof(s)
- Additional info or reference material

Filed under: ALVO, Serigraph / Silkscreen , 1981

Joy Riding

Medium: Serigraph on paper (S: 3+∙Re∙Ri∙Tsa∙Tse∙Tpm∙Tpp)
Edition size:  Known (S: 3+∙Re∙Ri∙Tsa∙Tse∙Tpw)
Artist Proof:  Unknown
Paper size:  Known (S: 2∙Ri∙Tm)
Image size:  Known (S: 2∙Ri∙Tm)
Year:  1979 (S: 3+∙Re∙Ri∙Tsa∙Tse∙Tpw)
Printmaker:  Unknown
Code: U79.10

Info needed:
- Existance of Artist Proof(s)
- Name printmaker
- Additional info or reference material

Filed under: Serigraph / Silkscreen, Unknown printmaker , 1979

Fish People

Medium:  Serigraph on 100% hand-made cotton rag wild deckle
                  edgen paper (S: 2∙Re∙Rm∙Tpm∙Tpp∙Tsa∙Tsm)
Edition size:  Known (S: 3+∙Re∙Rm∙Tpw∙Tsa∙Tsm)
Artist Proof:  Unknown
Paper size:  Known (S: 2∙Re∙Rm∙Tsa∙Tsm)
Image size: Known (S: 1∙Rm∙Tsm, calculated paper/image ratio)
Year: 1981 (S: 1∙Rm∙Tsm)
Printmaker:  ALVO Canadian Art Inc. (S: 2∙Rm∙Tsm∙Tpe)  (note 1)
Code: A81.2

Note:
1) Embossing ’Norval Morrisseau Edition Alvo Canadian Art’”, limited edition number within the circular embossing.

Info needed:
- Edition size of Artist Proofs
- Confirmation image size
- Additional info or reference material

Filed under: ALVO, Serigraph / Silkscreen , 1981

Images Of Nature

Medium: Serigraph on paper (S: 3+∙Re∙Ri∙Tsa∙Tse∙Tpm∙Tpp)
Edition size:  Known (S: 3+∙Re∙Ri∙Tsa∙Tse∙Tpw)
Artist Proof:  Unknown
Paper size:  Known (S: 3+∙Re∙Ri∙Tsa∙Tm)
Image size:  Known (S: 2∙Ri∙Tm)
Year:  1979 (S: 3+∙Re∙Ri∙Tsa∙Tse∙Tpw)
Printmaker:  Unknown
Code: U79.9

Info needed:
- Existance of Artist Proof(s)
- Name printmaker
- Additional info or reference material

Filed under: Serigraph / Silkscreen, Unknown printmaker , 1979

Cosmic Children 1

Medium:  Serigraph on paper (S: 3+∙Re∙Tpm∙Tpp∙Tse∙Tsa)
Edition size:  Known (S: 3+∙Re∙Tpw∙Tsa)
Artist Proof:  Yes, edition size known (S: 1∙Re∙Tpw∙Tse)
Paper size:  Known (S: 1∙Re∙Tse)
Image size: Unknown
Year:  1978-1984 (S: 1∙Rm∙Tsm, estimate ca 1982)
Printmaker:  ALVO Canadian Art Inc. (S: 1∙Re∙Tsm)
Code: AU.14

Remark
This print is from an set of 2 Norval Morrisseau prints. The others print is:
- Cosmic Children 2, will follow later in this catalogue.

A smaller (14 x 11 inch paper), unsigned, open silkscreen edition, of this image exist.

Info needed:
- Better image photo, high resolution and with visable signature & number
- Confirmation paper size
- Exact image size
- Exact year of print
- Additional info or reference material

Filed under: ALVO, Serigraph / Silkscreen , Unknown year

Loon And Fish

Medium:  Serigraph on paper (S: 2∙Re∙Rm∙Tle∙Tsa)
Edition size:  Known (S: 2∙Re∙Rm∙Tle∙Tsa)
Artist Proof:  Unknown
Paper size:   Approx. known (S: 1∙Re∙Tsa)
Image size:  Known (S: 1∙Re∙Tsa)
Year:  1976 (S: 2∙Re∙Rm∙Tle)
Printmaker:  Triple K Cooperative Inc. (S: 1∙Rm∙Tle)
Code:  T76.8

Literature: 
- Page 9; ROM Ethnology Department (1977). Contemporary Native Art of
  Canada – Silk screens from the Triple K Co-operative, Red Lake, Ontario
  (The ROM show, exhibition 15 May till 30 June 1977). Toronto: ROM.

Info needed:
- Existance of Artist Proof(s)
- Exact paper size
- Confirmation image size
- Additional info or reference material

Thanks to:
- Canadian auctioneer for providing me the image and some of the info. It made this repost (earlier post 2010-07-09) with new info possible.

Filed under: Serigraph / Silkscreen, Triple K Cooperative , 1976

Inner Self

Medium:  Serigraph on paper (S: 3+∙Re∙Tpm∙Tpp∙Tsa)
Edition size:  Known (S: 1∙Re∙Tpw∙Tsa)
Artist Proof:  Yes, edition size known (S: 1∙Re∙Tpw∙Tsa)
Paper size:  Known (S: 3+∙Re∙Tsa)
Image size: Known (S: 1∙Re∙Tsa∙Tm, calculated
                       paper/image ratio)
Year:  1978-1984 (S: 1∙Rm∙Tsm, estimate ca 1982)
Printmaker:  ALVO Canadian Art Inc. (S: 1∙Re∙Tsa∙Tpe) (note 1)
Code: AU.12

Remark
This print is from an set of 2 Norval Morrisseau prints. The others print is:
- Outer Self, will follow later in this catalogue.

Note:
1) Embossing ’Norval Morrisseau Edition Alvo Canadian Art’”, limited edition number within the circular embossing.

Info needed:
- Confirmation image size
- Confirmation edition size
- Confirmation AP edition size
- Exact year of print
- Additional info or reference material

Filed under: ALVO, Serigraph / Silkscreen , Unknown year

Images And Ravens

Medium: Serigraph on paper (S: 2∙Re∙Tpm∙Tpp∙Tsa) 
Edition size:  Known (S: 2∙Re∙Tpw∙Tsa)
Artist Proof:  Unknown
Paper size:  Known (S: 1∙Re∙Tsa)
Image size:  Known (S: 1∙Re∙Tsa)
Year:  Unknown (estimate ca 1980)
Printmaker:  Superb Graphics Toronto (S: 1∙Tpe)
Code: SU.7

Info needed:
- Existance of Artist Proof(s)
- Confirmation paper and image size
- Exact year of print
- Literature (official statements in books, magazines, exhibits, original
  promotion material)
- Additional info or reference material

Filed under: Serigraph / Silkscreen, Superb Graphics , Unknown year

Self Portrait – Devoured By His Own Passions

Medium: Serigraph on paper (S: 1∙Re∙Tpm∙Tpp∙Tse)
Edition size:  Known (S: 1∙Re∙Tpw∙Tse)
Artist Proof:  Unknown
Paper size:  Known (S: 1∙Re∙Tse∙Tm)
Image size: Known (S: 1∙Re∙Tse∙Tm)
Year:  Unknown (estimate ca 1975) (note 1)
Printmaker:  Great Grasslands Graphics Company (S: 1∙Re∙Tpe)
Code: GU.5

Image:
General: `Any man who is attched to sence’s (sic) and desires and richs (sic) of this world is like a man who is being devoured by serpents who represents (sic) his own passion and desires`.
Norval Morrisseau on Man and snakes (see remark)

`…[Self-Portrait. Devoured by His Own Pas­sions] showing the artist constant struggle with his own emotions. It is belived that the serpents symbolize duality – good and evil. Five is a magic number often found in Ojibway legends and represents the five basic senses of man`.
Lister Sinclair & Jack Pollock in The Art of  Norval Morrisseau (page 113), 1979, see literature.

`In Self-Portrait, Devoured by His Own Pas­sions, painted in Vancouver last summer, he deals with moralistic Chris­tian guilt over yielding to the pleasures of the world, including masturbation, depicted as an arm that becomes a snake attacking his heart`.
Jon Anderson in Fierce Clarity and Sophistication (Time Magazine, Canadian Edition, page 10), 1975, see literature. Article reprinted in Norval Morrisseau and the Woodland Artists: the Red Lake Years 1959-1980 (page 187), 2008.

Remark:
Made after the 1974 original acrylic on canvas (68 x 57 inches), see literature.

Similar images exist, like Man and Snake, ca 1965 (see page 63 of Norval Morrisseau and the Emergence of The Image Makers, by McLuhan, E., & Hill, T , 1984), or Self-Portrait, Devoured by His Own Demons, 1964  (see page 121 of Norval Morrisseau, Shaman Artist by Hill, G , 2006).

Note:
1) Year not readable in embossing. Original acrilic is from 1974. I have seen no print from Great Grasslands Graphics Company later than 1979, so this print is likely made between 1974-1979.

Literature: 
- Page 113 (original acrylic on Canvas); Sinclair, L., & Pollock, J. (1979). The Art of  Norval Morrisseau.  Toronto, New York, London, Sydney: Methuen.
- Page 10 (original acrylic on Canvas); Anderson, J. (August 25th, 1975). Fierce Clarity and Sophistication. Time Magazine (Canadian Edition).

Info needed:
- Existance of Artist Proof(s)
- Confirmation paper size, image size and edition size
- Exact year of print
- Literature (official statements in books, magazines, exhibits, original
  promotion material)
- Additional info or reference material

Filed under: Great Grassland Graphics, Serigraph / Silkscreen , Unknown year

Merman and Cycle of Fish

Medium:  Serigraph on paper (S: 3+∙Re∙Rm∙Tle∙Tsa)
Edition size:  Known (S: 3+∙Re∙Rm∙Tle∙Tsa)
Artist Proof:  Known (S: 1∙Re∙Tpw∙Tse) (note 1)
Paper size:  Known (S: 1∙Re∙Tse)
Image size:  Known (S: 1∙Re∙Tse)
Year:  1976 (S: 3+∙Re∙Rm∙Tpw∙Tle∙Tsa)
Printmaker:  Triple K Cooperative Inc. (S: 1∙Rm∙Tle)
Code:  T76.4

Note: 
1) The artist proof observed is unsigned.

Literature: 
- Page 9; ROM Ethnology Department (1977). Contemporary Native Art of
  Canada – Silk screens from the Triple K Co-operative, Red Lake, Ontario
  (The ROM show, exhibition 15 May till 30 June 1977). Toronto: ROM.

Info needed:
- Confirmation edition size of the Artist Proofs
- Confirmation paper size
- Confirmation image size
- Literature (official statements in books, magazines, exhibits, original
  promotion material)
- Additional info or reference material

Thanks to:
- Collector for providing me the image and info. It made this repost (earlier post 2009-05-28) with new info possible.

Filed under: Serigraph / Silkscreen, Triple K Cooperative , 1976