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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∙Ri∙Tse∙Tsa)
Image size: Known (S: 1∙Ri∙Tm)
Year:  1978 (S: 2∙Re∙Tse∙Tsa∙Tpe) (note 2)
Printmaker:  Great Grasslands Graphics Company (S: 3+∙Re∙Tpe∙Tse∙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’, click here;
– ‘My Grandson and the Birds’, click here.

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.
    One collector confirmed the numbered one in possession has a 1978
    embossing.

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

Thanks to:
– Collectors for providing info on confirmation of the year of print.

Filed under: Great Grassland Graphics, Serigraph / Silkscreen,

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