NORVAL MORRISSEAU ORIGINALS SET OF 7 SIGNED & NUMBERED Start Price USD 14,000.00 Current Price USD 14,000.00 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 ORIGINALS SET OF 7 SIGNED & NUMBERED' Description "FAMILY UNITY" 1978 RARE SET OF 7 ORIGINAL PAINTINGS SIGNED AND NUMBERED  BY NORVAL MORRISSEAU (COPPER THUNDERBIRD) SEVEN PIECE SET ON CARDBOARD EACH PAINTING MEASURES 18" X 12" PRESENTED HERE IS A ORIGINAL ACRYLIC PAINTING IN THE WOODLAND STYLE THAT THIS ARTIST MADE FAMOUS THROUGH OUT THE ART WORLD NORVAL MORRISSEAU HAD A DAZZLING DEBUT SHOW AS AN ARTIST IN TORONTO CANADA IN 1972, WHICH LEAD TO A TIME MAGAZINE ARTICLE THAT SAME YEAR. COPPER THUNDERBIRD PASSED AWAY IN 2007 AFTER MANY SUCCESSFUL YEARS OF PAINTING. HIS WORK AND NAME WILL CONTINUE TO GROW IN THE ART WORLD FOR DECADES TO COME. 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, CARDBOARD, 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 7 PAINTINGS WERE EXECUTED ON HARD SMOOTH CARDBOARD.  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 SET WAS COMPLETED IN 1978 Powered by eBay Turbo ListerThe free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items. Place a Bid!