NORVAL MORRISSEAU, ORIGINAL PAINTINGS, SET OF 4 Start Price USD 18,000.00 Current Price USD 18,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Saturday, November 22, 2008 End Time Monday, December 22, 2008 Location Port Huron, Michigan See more about 'NORVAL MORRISSEAU, ORIGINAL PAINTINGS, SET OF 4' Description "FOUR DIRECTIONS" RARE ORIGINAL PAINTINGS  BY NORVAL MORRISSEAU (COPPER THUNDERBIRD) PRESENTED HERE IS AN EXTREMELY RARE SET OF FOUR ORIGINAL ACRYLIC PAINTINGS IN THE WOODLAND STYLE THAT THIS ARTIST MADE FAMOUS THROUGHOUT THE ART WORLD.EACH PANEL IS APPROXIMATELY 24" X 24".   NORVAL MADE AROUND 10,000 CANVAS PAINTINGS IN HIS LIFETIME...HOWEVER FOR FRIENDS, FAMILY MEMBERS, AND LOCAL RESIDENTS HE WOULD PAINT LAMPSHADES, DOORS, SLATE ROCK, DRIFTWOOD, KITCHEN CABINETS, BIRCH BARK, KRAFT PAPER, TABLES, DEER HIDES, BINDERS, ETC.  ALL OF WHICH ARE EXTREMELY HARD TO COME BY AND RARELY MAKE IT TO MARKET AT THE ART GALLERIES...THIS HANDFUL OF RARITIES END UP IN ELITE PRIVATE COLLECTIONS, SUCH AS THE ART DEALERS THEMSELVES, OR THEIR BEST BUYERS.  SINCE CANVASES ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE, NON-CANVAS PAINTINGS ARE MORE HIGHLY PRIZED.  THIS SET OF 4 PAINTINGS WERE EXECUTED ON WOOD PANELLING.  HERE IS A CHANCE TO OWN ONE OF HIS MOST RARE SET OF PAINTINGS.   NORVAL MORRISSEAU REGULARLY SIGNED HIS WORK USING HIS NATIVE NAME "COPPER THUNDERBIRD" IN HIS NATIVE LANGUAGE OF OJIBWA IT IS "MISKWAABIK ANIMIKI" THE ARTIST NORVAL MORRISSEAU IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE "PICASSO OF THE NORTH"   THERE ARE OVER 38,000 REFERENCES TO NORVAL ON GOOGLE.  MR. KOMENDA, THE CURRENT OWNER OF THIS PAINTING, IS A WELL KNOWN WOODLAND ARTS SUPPORTER IN CANADA. PIECES OF HIS COLLECTION HAS BEEN FEATURED IN THE NEWSPAPER,  THUNDER BAY'S CASINO, THUNDER BAY'S ART GALLERY (CANADA'S OFFICIAL NATIONAL WOODLAND ART MUSEUM), AND IN A BOOK.   HE GREW UP IN THE SAME SMALL TOWN IN NORTHERN ONTARIO WHERE THE MORRISSEAU FAMILY LIVED. IN THE 1990S, MR KOMENDA FUNDED AND TRAVELLED WITH NORVAL'S BROTHER "BERNIE" AND HIS NEPHEW "BENJAMIN" TO BRITISH COLUMBIA TO TRY AND BRING THE FAMILY TOGETHER   MR KOMENDA IS NAMED AS A "CIRCLE OF FRIENDS" MEMBER (PAGE 117) TO NORVAL'S CLOSE FRIEND AND FELLOW PAINTER \ TRAVELLING COMPANION "ROY THOMAS" IN HIS WOODLAND ARTS BOOK TITLED "THE SPIRIT OF AHNISNABAE ART"  ALL OF THE ART HELD IN MR KOMENDA'S PRIVATE COLLECTION HAS BEEN GIFTED OR PURCHASED DIRECTLY FROM THE ARTIST, HIS FRIENDS, THEIR FAMILIES, OR PURCHASED DIRECTLY FROM NORTHERN ONTARIO FAMILIES OVER THE PAST 40 YEARS AND ARE GUARANTEED TO BE AUTHENTIC THIS PIECE WAS COMPLETED IN THE 1970'S Powered by eBay Turbo Lister The free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items. Place a Bid!