Norval Morrisseau
(1931 - 2007) RCA, Order of Canada
Previously Sold Works
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Animal Unity
acrylic on canvas
signed in syllabics lower right
50 x 108 ins ( 127 x 274.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $70,000.00 - $90,000.00
Price Realized $312,000.00
Sale date: June 15th 2022
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Migrating, 1978
acrylic on canvas
signed in syllabics and dated 1978 lower right
52 x 53 ins ( 132.1 x 134.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $40,000.00 - $60,000.00
Price Realized $108,000.00
Sale date: December 6th 2023
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Walking on the Summit
acrylic on canvas
signed in syllabics along the lower right edge; description of the composition inscribed on the reverse; sold together with James R. Stevens, “A Picasso in the North Country: The Wild Journey of Canadian Artist, Norval Morrisseau” (Thunder Bay, 2011)
48 x 72 ins ( 121.9 x 182.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $70,000.00 - $90,000.00
Price Realized $90,000.00
Sale date: December 6th 2023
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Untitled (Moose Pair)
acrylic on paper
signed in syllabics lower centre
32 x 79 ins ( 81.3 x 200.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $25,000.00 - $30,000.00
Price Realized $35,400.00
Sale date: September 24th 2020
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Shaman-Thunderbird Transformation
acrylic on kraft card, laid on masonite
signed in syllabics lower right
32 x 24 ins ( 81.3 x 61 cms )
Auction Estimate: $9,000.00 - $12,000.00
Price Realized $15,600.00
Sale date: June 9th 2021
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Thunderbird at Rest
acrylic on kraft card, laid on masonite
signed in syllabics lower right
32 x 23.25 ins ( 81.3 x 59.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $8,000.00 - $12,000.00
Price Realized $6,000.00
Sale date: September 28th 2021
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Medicine Buffalo
acrylic on canvas board
signed lower left
20 x 24 ins ( 50.8 x 61 cms )
Auction Estimate: $6,000.00 - $8,000.00
Price Realized $11,400.00
Sale date: June 1st 2016
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Door to Astral Heaven
acrylic on canvas
signed in syllabics lower right
48 x 32 ins ( 121.9 x 81.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $15,000.00 - $20,000.00
Price Realized $31,200.00
Sale date: January 23rd 2024
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Two Hemispheres
acrylic on canvas
signed in syllabics at lower right edge; inscribed “N.J.” and “1” on the reverse
56 x 52 ins ( 142.2 x 132.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $20,000.00 - $30,000.00
Price Realized $28,800.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
NORVAL MORRISSEAU
Spirit Figure Suckling
acrylic on board
signed in syllabics lower right
19.5 x 15.5 ins ( 49.5 x 39.4 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $10,000.00 - $15,000.00
Price Realized $11,400.00
Sale date: January 23rd 2024
Norval Morrisseau Biography
(1931 - 2007) RCA, Order of Canada
Born in 1931 at Sandy Point Reserve, Ontario, Morrisseau was a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts since 1970. Norval Morrisseau was the celebrated founder of the Woodland School, which revitalized Anishnabe iconography, traditionally incised on rocks and Midewiwin birchbark scrolls. A self-taught painter, printmaker, and illustrator, Morrisseau created an innovative vocabulary which was initially criticized in the Native community for its disclosure of traditional spiritual knowledge. His colourful, figurative images delineated with heavy black form lines and x-ray articulations, were characteristically signed with the syllabic spelling of Copper Thunderbird, the name Morrisseau’s grandfather gave him. Morrisseau completed many commissions during his career including the mural for the Indians of Canada Pavilion at Expo 67. He was made a member of the Order of Canada in 1978 and, in 1980, received honourary doctorates from both McGill and McMaster universities. In 1995 Morrisseau was honoured by the Assembly of First Nations.
