Saturday, March 28, 2009

Sacred Medicine Wheel /Forensic Report/

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"Sacred Medicine Wheel", 24"x24", © 1975 Norval Morrisseau
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"Sacred Medicine Wheel", 24"x24", © 1975 Norval Morrisseau
/Inscription on the reverse side of canvas - Click on image to enlarge/-

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"Sacred Medicine Wheel", 24"x24", © 1975 Norval Morrisseau
/Forensic signature analysis - Click on image to enlarge/-
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"Sacred Medicine Wheel", 24"x24", © 1975 Norval Morrisseau
/Forensic signature analysis - Click on image to enlarge/
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~ Previous owner of the above painting: Mr. Michael Moniz, Art Director for 'Avalon Treasure', eBay Vendor *avalon*.
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Along with professional appraisal work done by Maslak Mcleod Gallery in Toronto Ontario by Mr. Joseph McLeod a member of the Canadian Public Appraisers. Further forensic work was conducted and found proof positive for the signature painted in black paint on the verso of 'SACRED MEDICINE WHEEL' dated 1975 by Mr. Brian Lindblom of
'The Document Examination Consultants Inc.'.
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The 'Document Examination Consultants Inc.' are noted for their forensic expertise and called upon by various law enforcement agencies such as the RCMP to conduct forensic examinations to be used in a court of law. Go to "Personnel" section of their website to access PDF version of Mr. Brian Lindblom's CV.
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This type of work is forensics at it's best and is quite costly to employ. This kind of examination was done under the eye of un-biased professional scrutiny.
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The forensics work can only be conducted using many publicly known signature and writing sample specimens of Norval Morrisseua's signature as it is found on prints, personal letters and publicly known artwork created by Norval Morrisseau.
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All specimens of writing archived by the examiners were used in determining the author of the signature and title painted on the verso of 'Sacred Medicine Wheel'.
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A positive Identification of the signature was made and determined that it was done by the hand of 'Norval Morrisseau' Canadian Woodland Artist through a multiple point grade system.
The painting 'Sacred Medicine Wheel' can be sourced back to Khan Auction (currently 'Randy Potter Estate Auctions') sold by
Mr. Randy Potter (auctioneer) to Mr. Michael Moniz which was sold at a later date on eBay.
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Two paintings once owned by Mr. Joseph Otavnik were also examined by the document examiners and one painting Mr. Michael Moniz once owned and one still in his possession (Father and Son, 1977 and Sacred Medicine Bear, 1979). These four other paintings were found once again to have positive signature identifications authored by the brush of Norval Morrisseau.
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Forensic work was also employed by Mr. James White who is an art dealer from Toronto on six paintings he had examined by the same forensic firm 'The Document Examination Consultants Inc.' years ago. Mr. Joseph Otavnik and Mr. Michael Moniz have used the same firm for a forensic signature evaluation of the paintings from their collections. The six paintings owned by Mr. James White came back also with proof positive signatures painted on the verso of each piece authored by Norval Morrisseau.
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All of these paintings including 'Sacred Medicine Wheel' came from Randy Potter's auction house and through
Mr. David Voss, a Thunder Bay art collector.
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Follow the link www.norvalmorrisseaulawsuit.com for an in depth exploration of a court case Otavnik vs Vadas SC 07-51428-00 and see for yourself the importance and power of forensic science.
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Spirit Walker
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Reference postings:
- Norval Morrisseau Signature Study (Part I),
- Norval Morrisseau Signature Study (Part II),
- Norval Morrisseau Signature Study (Part III),
- Norval Morrisseau Signature Study (Part IV),
- Norval Morrisseau Signature Study (Part V),
- Norval Morrisseau Signature Study (Part VI),
- Norval Morrisseau Signature Study (Part VII),
- Norval Morrisseau Signature Study (Part VIII),
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www_NorvalMorrisseauLawsuit_com (Part I),

- www_NorvalMorrisseauLawsuit_com (Part II),
- www_NorvalMorrisseauLawsuit_com (Part III),
- www_NorvalMorrisseauLawsuit_com (Part IV),
- www_NorvalMorrisseauLawsuit_com (Part V),
- www_NorvalMorrisseauLawsuit_com (Part VI),
- www_NorvalMorrisseauLawsuit_com (Part VII),
- www_NorvalMorrisseauLegalDefenceFund_com,
- Justice for Norval Morrisseau Found &
- Michael Moniz vs. CTV Globemedia Publishing Inc.
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~ For detailed information on Norval Morrisseau's Signature Study go to "Signature Identification Article 101"
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* The painting in this posting: "Sacred Medicine Wheel", 24"x24", © 1975 Norval Morrisseau /Private Collection/

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Following the alleged conspiracy of various commercial art galleries and their 'agents' is better than reading any mystery story derived from an author's imagination. It's in the interest of art galleries to gain the monopoly of Morrisseau & other collector's art. This will soon start to rise in price as governments start to devalue (steal)the savings of their hard working citizens. So like good capitalists I can understand the tactics being employed by these art pirates. Depress the market by insinuating that all Morrisseaus, other than those sold through select galleries, are copies, or as they crudely described them'fakes'. I'm sure many blog watchers will be pleased to see that the Norval Morrisseau Heritage Society appointed 'Chief Inspector' Dr McLuhan to head the task force to solve this fake mystery. The only hurdle I envisage is that the galleries and their 'stooges' have too close an alliance with NMHS and the Provincial and National Art Galleries. I hope that Dr Mcluhan will not be swayed by any outside sources when carrying out her vital authentication role.
Marie A.