Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Morrisseau History Detective Stories (Part VI)

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>>> Recent discovery...
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* Below presented image previously published as a part of Changing Faces of Ritchie "Stardreamer" Sinclair (Part VII)
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"Mother to All Things", 71"x42.5", © 1980 Norval Morrisseau
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The above presented image of an authentic Morrisseau's painting was originally presented in the "Norval Morrisseau: Travels to the House of Invention", © 1997 by Norval Morrisseau/Kinsman Robinson Galleries Key Porter Books Limited, ISBN: 1-55013-880-4/; page 111
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/Currently part of the Collection of the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI); Formerly in the collection of R.E. Mansfield (1937-2007), donated to NMAI in 2003; Catalog number: 26/4096/
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> Click HERE to view this painting in the archives of the NMAI.
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Screen capture from www.morrisseau.com (16-DEC-2009) of the same painting (Click HERE) when its webmaster Ritchie 'Stardreamer' Sinclair called it an "Inferior Counterfit Morrisseau" /Click on image to Enlarge/-
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BLOG MASTER'S COMMENT: It is clear as presented herein that Ritchie 'Stardreamer' Sinclair is labelling proven authentic Norval Morrisseau painting which is in the archives of the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) as an "Inferior Counterfeit Morrisseau" and it shows one more time that his opinion cannot be trusted.
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I am dissapointed that Norval Morrisseau Heritage Society is not honouring their mission statement which states:
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"The Norval Morrisseau Heritage Society was established at the request of Norval Morrisseau to research, document and preserve his artistic achievement and protect the integrity of his art. It seeks to achieve this mission by establishing and maintaining a registry of his works, publishing and updating a catalogue raisonne of his artistic output and providing the necessary expertise to authenticate his art."
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Why are they silent? Is their silence approval for what has been presented on www.morrisseau.com? If they truly care in "protecting the integrity of Norval Morrisseau's art" they would need to speak up. Their silence is hurting the legacy of the man they are supposed to protect and the longer they wait to publish a public statement regarding this matter presented herein, the longer the legacy of Norval Morrisseau will suffer.
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Miigwetch,
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Spirit Walker
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* the painting in this post: "Mother to All Things", 71"x42.5", © 1980 Norval Morrisseau; originally presented in the "Norval Morrisseau: Travels to the House of Invention", © 1997 by Norval Morrisseau/Kinsman Robinson Galleries Key Porter Books Limited, ISBN: 1-55013-880-4/; page 111; Collection of the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI); Formerly in the collection of R.E. Mansfield (1937-2007), donated to NMAI in 2003; Catalog number: 26/4096.
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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh yeah, more fakes from the collection of R.E.Mansfield. Ritchie has already called paintings' at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum fakes and now the Smithsonian Instution right from Don Robinson's and KRG's own publication. The only thing more stupid would be Don Robinson helping out Ritchie. Given that Don testified in the Whent case were over 200 painting were donated to several institutions all signed and dated on the back I don't even think Dr would suggest norval didn't sign the backs of the paintings' in black acyrillic paint.

Anonymous said...

I mean think about it folk's who are you supposeed to believe?

You ahve the Smithsonian Institute on the one hand and you have Don Robinson and Ritchie on the other?

How would a judge/jury ever believe? I would love to see Ritchie and Don explain this in court and then get a copy of the court transcruipts and then publish them.

Anonymous said...

lets face it, when it comes to Norvals work you have two sides. Don Robinson is damned if he supports Ritchie, and damned if he doesn't. He is in a pickle. Gabe is the one who will still be cashing the cheques and his ass is still covered because he does his dealings with Robinson. Robinson could loose it all because he hasen't been that bright about a lot of things that are comming out contrary to what he has declared. I am still buying pieces that I believe to be authentic and to this date I have not acquired a work done later than 1980. Just my two cents worth.

Anonymous said...

I mean who you gonna believe Ritchie Sinclair or the Smithsonian ?

Anonymous said...

What NMHS. All referenced to the NMHS have been removed at the request of the remaining members whoever they are from kinsman Robinson's web site and blog.

Anonymous said...

Mistakes can be made, but to repeat these time and time again needs to be explained. It's hard to understand Mr Sinclairs' motive or the apparent support he received from Mr Robinson. They must have been convinced and check with other 'experts'to arrive at their conclusions. Is there any chance of hearing how they arrived at their fake decisions? Your blog is about the only one that might be arrange this. I wouldn't like to see such a critical subject aired on other blogs that attack yours in a rather distasteful manner.
Serious Collector

Anonymous said...

in regards to the last comment, my hypothisis is this....Don Robinson and co.[Gabe, Cogland Art, etc.] knew that Norval was very busy painting in the 70's and that the work he did was at it's peak in quality as well as numbers of pieces. They handled him from the mid to late 80's when the pieces came slower and didnt have the same feel as the 70's work. In order to sell these pieces, which they acquired from Norval, they started to discredit the works to make the 80's and 90's seem like the only viable option to make themselves the money. I think in hindsight he has hurt the entire market when he,or they,tried to corner the market. He definitely has some explaining to do and I for one cant wait.