Me And My Daugther Lisa

Image:  Larger image in member area (click on image)
Medium: Serigraph on paper (S: 1∙Re∙Tpm∙Tpp)
Edition size:  Known (S: 2∙Re∙Tpw)
Artist Proof:  Unknown
Paper size:  Known (S: 2∙Re∙Tse∙Tsa)
Image size: Known (S: 1∙Re∙Tsa)
Year:  Unknown (estimate ca 1977)
Printmaker:  Canadian Native Prints (S: 1∙Re∙Tps)
Code: CU.5

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

Filed under: Canadian Native Prints, Serigraph / Silkscreen , Unknown year

Loon Totemic Spirit And Grebes With Human

Image:  Larger image in member area (click on image)
Medium:  Serigraph on Arches paper (S: 3+∙Re∙Tlb∙Tsd∙Tsa)
Edition size:  Known (S: 3+∙Re∙Rm∙Tle∙Tlb∙Tsd∙Tsa)
Artist Proof:  Unknown
Paper size:  Known (S: 2∙Re∙Tlb∙Tsd∙Tsa)
Image size:  Unknown
Year:  1976 (S: 3+∙Re∙Rm∙Tpw∙Tle∙Tlb∙Tsd∙Tsa)
Printmaker:  Triple K Cooperative Inc. (S: 2∙Re∙Rm∙Tle∙Tlb∙Tsd)
Code:  T76.6

Literature: 
- Page 168; Sinclair, L., & Pollock, J. (1979). The Art of Norval Morrisseau.
  Toronto, New York, London, Sydney: Methuen.
- 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)
- Image size
- Literature (official statements in books, magazines, exhibits, original
  promotion material)
- Additional info or reference material

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

Children Of Light And Sound

Image:  Larger image in member area (click on image)
Medium: Serigraph on Johannot art paper
                 (S: 3+∙Re∙Ri∙Tpm∙Tpp∙Tsa∙Tse∙Tsm)
Edition size:  Known (S: 3+∙Re∙Ri∙Tpw∙Tsa∙Tse∙Tsm)
Artist Proof:  Unknown
Paper size:  Known (S: 3+∙Re∙Ri∙Tsa∙Tse∙Tm)
Image size: Known (S: 1∙Re∙Ri∙Tsa∙Tm)
Year:  1979 (S: 3+∙Re∙Tsa∙Tse∙Tsm)
Printmaker:  ALVO (S: 1∙Rm∙Tsm)
Code: A79.2

Remark:
This print is from an set of 6 Norval Morrisseau prints in a folio map. They are part of the French Limited Edition publication of the book ’The Art Of Norval Morrisseau’, published in 1979 (note 1). The others prints are:
- ‘Bird Speaks To These Children’, click here;
- ‘We Are God Within Ourselves’, will  follow later in this catalogue;
- ‘Serman To The Birds’, will  follow later in this catalogue;
- ‘Fish And Loons From Lake Nipigon’, will  follow later in this catalogue;
- ‘Woodlands Creatures’, will  follow later in this catalogue.

Note:
1) The English Limited Edition book set was published in 1979 with a
     different set of 5 prints, see U79.2 and U79.3 for the first 2 prints in
     this catalogue. The others will follow later.

Info needed:
- Existance of Artist Proof(s)
- Literature (official statements in books, magazines, exhibits, original
  promotion material)
- Additional info or reference material

Filed under: ALVO, Serigraph / Silkscreen , 1979

Ptarmigan

Image: Unknown

Medium:  Serigraph (color) on paper (S: 1∙Re∙Tse)
Edition size:  Known (S: 1∙Re∙Tse) (note 1)
Artist Proof:  Unknown
Paper size: Unknown
Image size:  Unknown
Year:  1992 (S: 1∙Re∙Tse) (note 1)
Printmaker:  Unknown
Code:  U92.3

Note:
1) As you can see, I have almost no information about this print. I have 1 (lost) source mentioning it is a limited edition (it’s a very low edition), made in 1992. Any help regarding this print is more than welcome.

Info needed:
- Image, a good photo
- Confirmation edition size
- Existence of Artist Proof(s)
- Paper size
- Image size
- Year of print
- Name printmaker
- Literature (official statements in books, magazines, exhibits, original
  promotion material)
- Additional info or reference material

Filed under: Serigraph / Silkscreen, Unknown printmaker , 1992

Bird Brothers And Sisters

Image:  Larger image in member area (click on image)
Medium:  Serigraph on paper (S: 1∙Re∙Tsa)
Edition size:  Known (S: 1∙Re∙Tsa)
Artist Proof:  Unknown
Paper size:  Known (S: 1∙Re∙Tsa)
Image size: Known (S: 1∙Re∙Tsa, calculated paper/image ratio)
Year:  1976 (S: 1∙Re∙Tpw∙Tsa)
Printmaker:  Unknown
Code: U76.1

Remark:
This print is signed ‘in plate’ (lower right vertical) with ‘Copper Thunderbird’ in Cree syllabics and hand signed in pencil (lower right horizontal) with ‘Norval Morrisseau’.

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

Filed under: Serigraph / Silkscreen, Unknown printmaker , 1976

Ojibway Thunderbird

Image:  Larger image in member area (click on image)
Medium: Serigraph on paper (S: 3+∙Re∙Tpm∙Tpp∙Tse∙Tsa)
Edition size:  Known (S: 3+∙Re∙Ri∙Tpw)
Artist Proof:  Unknown, but likely yes (note 1)
Paper size:  Known (S: 2∙Re∙Tse∙Tsa)
Image size: Known (S: 1∙Re∙Tm, calculated paper/image
                       ratio)
Year:  1978 (S: 1∙Re∙Tpe) (note 2)
Printmaker:  Great Grasslands Graphics Company (S: 2∙Re∙Tpe∙Tsa)
Code: G78.2

Remark:
This print is from an set of at least 4 Norval Morrisseau prints. The others prints are:
- ’My Granddaughter’, click here;
- ‘Bear Spirit’, will follow later in this Catalogue;
- ‘My Grandson and the Birds’, will follow later in this Catalogue.

Note:
1) From ‘Bear Spirit’, ‘My Grandson and the Birds’ of this set, Artist Proofs
    exist.
2) 6 serigraphs of this set observed, 4 of them (the numbered ones) have
    1978 embossings and the 2 AP’s (see note 1) have 1979 embossings.

Info needed:
- Existance of Artist Proof(s)
- Confirmation of the year in embossing (see note 2)
- Literature (official statements in books, magazines, exhibits, original
  promotion material)
- Additional info or reference material

Filed under: Great Grassland Graphics, Serigraph / Silkscreen , 1978

Spirit Form’s Manifesting

Image: Larger image in member area (click on image)
Medium: Serigraph on paper (S: 1∙Re∙Tpm∙Tpp)
Edition size:  Known (S: 1∙Re∙Tpw)
Artist Proof:  Unknown
Paper size: Known (S: 1∙Re∙Tse)
Image size: Known (S: 1∙Re∙Tse)
Year:  Unknown (estimate ca 1978)
Printmaker:  Unknown
Code: UU.14

Remark:
The info source mentions a misspelling in the title, ’Manifasting’.

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

Filed under: Serigraph / Silkscreen, Unknown printmaker , Unknown year

Shaman Conjuring Speech

Image: Larger image in member area (click on image)
Medium: Serigraph on paper (S: 3+∙Re∙Tpm∙Tpp∙Tsa∙Tse∙Tsm)
Edition size:  Known (S: 3+∙Re∙Tpw∙Tsa∙Tse∙Tom)
Artist Proof:  Unknown
Paper size: Known (S: 1∙Re∙Tsa∙Tse) (note 1)
Image size: Known (S: 1∙Re∙Tsa∙Tse) (note 1)
Year:  1979 (S: 3+∙Re∙Tsa∙Tse∙Tom)
Printmaker:  Unknown
Code: U79.3

Remark:
This print is from a set of 5 Norval Morrisseau prints. They are part of the English Limited Edition publication of the book ’The Art Of Norval Morrisseau’, published in1979 (note 2) in a wooden box. The others prints are:
- ‘Shaman And Apprentice’, click here;
- ‘The Dawn’, will  follow later in this catalogue;
- ‘Composition With Loons’, will  follow later in this catalogue;
- ‘Young Gulls’, will  follow later in this catalogue;

Instead of signing these prints as usual ‘Norval Morrisseau’, all 5 prints are signed ‘Copper Thunderbird’ in Cree syllabics.

Note:
1) The paper and image size are the same, there is no white border.
2) The French Limited Edition book set was published in 1979 with a
     different set of 6 prints, see A79.1 and A79.2 for the first 2 prints in
     this catalogue. The others will follow later.

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

Filed under: Serigraph / Silkscreen, Unknown printmaker , 1979

Children of Mother Earth – Fall (Autumn)

 

Image: Larger image in member area (click on image)
Medium: Handcrafted fine porcelain (S: 3+∙Re∙Ri∙Tpw∙Tpm∙Tpp∙Tlp∙Tsd)
Edition size:  Limited to 2500 (S: 3+∙Re∙Ri∙Rm∙Tpw∙Tlp∙Tsd) (note 1 & 2)
Artist Proof:  Unknown
Plate size:  Known
Image size:  Known
Year:  1983 (S: 1∙Re∙Tse)
Manufacturer:  Rosenthal for Anna-Perenna Inc.
Code:  R83.3

Literature: 
-  The Art Of Norval Morrisseau In Porcelain. Toronto: L.A.K. Fine Arts (promotion booklet).

Remark:
This plate is the third in a collection of 4 Norval Morrisseau plates with the theme ‘Children Of Mother Earth’. They came in special Morrisseau boxes with certificates and wooden stands.
The others plates are:
- ‘Children Of Mother Earth – Spring’, click here;
- ‘Children Of Mother Earth – Summer’, click here;
- ‘Children Of Mother Earth – Winter’, will be posted on 21 December 2009;

Note:
1) One of Morrisseau’s dealer at the time has stated that from the original
     planned 2500 sets only about 500 where  made. Other source
     mentioned the production was stopped at 600. So far I have seen no
     edition number above 388.
2) These plates are hand signed and numbered in gold on the backside.

Info needed:
- Edition number above 388
- Existance of Artist Proof(s)
- Literature (official statements in books, magazines, exhibits)
- Additional info or reference material

Filed under: Plate, Rosenthal (Anna-Perenna) , 1983

Metamorphosis – Man Into Fish

Image:  Larger image in member area (click on image)
Medium:  Serigraph on paper (S: 3+∙Re∙Ri∙Tpm∙Tpp)
Edition size:  Known (S: 3+∙Re∙Ri∙Tpw∙Tlp)
Artist Proof:  Yes (edition size unkown)
Paper size:  Known (S: 1∙Re∙Ri∙Tsa∙Tm)
Image size: Known (S: 1∙Re∙Ri∙Tsa∙Tm)
Year:  Unknown (estimate ca 1977)
Printmaker:  Canadian Native Prints (S: 1∙Re∙Tom)
Code: CU.4

Remark:
This print is from an set of 4 Norval Morrisseau prints with the theme ‘Metamorphosis’. The others prints are:
- ‘Metamorphosis – Man into Thunderbird’, click here;
- ‘Metamorphosis – Man into Turtle’, click here;
- ‘Metamorphosis – Man into Bear’, click here.

Info needed:
- Edition size of the Artist Proofs
- Exact year of print
- Literature (official statements in books, magazines, exhibits, original
  promotion material)
- Additional info or reference material

Filed under: Canadian Native Prints, Serigraph / Silkscreen , Unknown year