Lot 45
- 45
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.
- 30¼ 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 r🌟eproduced in colour
Catalogue Note
This early work depicts Good and Evil battling for supremac♚y, with the sacred life symbol caught in between.