Copper Thunderbird's message from 1962

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NORVAL MORRISSEAU (1931-2007)
"We Are All One in Spirit"
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"I don't wish my work to be exploited, but to be properly used as an art form in its proper place where for the generations of the great Ojibway people it can be seen in the future, as well as be appreciated by all our white brothers."
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Norval Morrisseau, September 1962
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- Norval Morrisseau's statement after his first exhibition at Jack Pollock's gallery (Pollock Gallery) on September 12, 1962 in Toronto, Ontario, CANADA /Quoted in Toronto Star article "Indian Artist Earns High Praise" by David Cobb - September 1962 /
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* The photograph of Norval Morrisseau taken at the opening of his first art exhibition at Pollock Gallery in Toronto, 1962; The paintings in this posting: "Thunderbird" 1-2 (left), 30"x23" & "Thunderbird" 2-2 (right), 30"x28", © 1977 Norval Morrisseau /Private Collection/