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Norval Morrisseau 1931 - 2007
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 CAD
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Description
- Norval Morrisseau
- Sacred Snake of Good & Evil
- signed in syllabics lower right; dated 1962 on a label on the reverse
- oil and ink on paper
- 77 by 124.5 cm.
- 30ΒΌ by 49 in.
Provenance
The Pollock Gallery, Toronto
Alison Hymas, Toronto
Private Collection, Vancouver
Literature
Jack Pollock and Lister Sinclair, The Art of Norval Morrisseau, Toronto, 1979, p. 73, cited and reproduced in colour
Catalogue Note
This early work depicts Good and Evil battling for supremacy, with the sacred life symbol caught in between.