"Genuine Norval Morrisseau Collage" - Revisited

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"Genuine Norval Morrisseau Collage" by Spirit Walker
~ All paintings © by Norval Morrisseau
/For detailed examination click on image to Enlarge/

Authentic Norval Morrisseau's paintings presented in the above collage are as follows (from left to right down):

1. "Thunderbird and Evil Serpent", 30"x23", © 1976;
2. "Great Journey", 26"x32", © 1978;
3. "Inorganic Being with Shamans", 32"x26", © 1976;
4. "Sacred Medicine Bear", 36"x30", © 1979;
5. "Thunderbird", 2 of 2, 30"x28", © 1977;
6. "Untitled", 1 of 2, 55"x19", © 1969;
7. "Untitled", 58"x138", © 1979;
8. "Untitled", 2 of 2, 55"x19", © 1969;
9. "Thunderbird", 1 of 2, 30"x22", © 1977;
10. "Untitled", 29"x20", © 1976;
11. "Sacred Medicine Wheel", 24"x24", © 1975;
12. "Untitled", 30"x28", © 1980;
13. "Father and Son", 30"x30", © 1977.
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/click on descriptions to view detailed information about paintings presented above/

> Paintings 1, 2, 3, 5, 9 & 12 come with legally binding 'Certificates of Authenticity' which are signed and thumbprinted by Norval Morrisseau as he personally handled and inspected the 'front and reverse' of these canvases for his identifying marks. These 'Certificates of Authenticity' were eyewitnessed during their presentation to Norval Morrisseau in Thunder Bay, Ontario in 2002.

> Paintings 4, 11 & 13 come 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 signatures painted in black paint on the verso of these canvases by Mr. Brian Lindblom of 'The Document Examination Consultants Inc.'. Also, painting 13 ("Father and Son", 30"x30", © 1977) was involved in court action CV-07-1776 SR in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Brampton, Ontario which was settled between Michael Moniz and the CTV Globemedia Publishing Inc. in 2009 (click HERE).

> Paintings 6 & 8 also come come 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 signatures painted in black paint on the verso of these canvases by Mr. Brian Lindblom of 'The Document Examination Consultants Inc.'. These two paintings were involved in court action Otavnik Vs Vadas SC 07-51428-00 in 2007 (click HERE).

> Painting 7 ("Untitled", 58"x138", © 1979) was behind Norval Morrisseau on the wall while he stayed at Nimkee Art Gallery in M'Chigeeng, Manitoulin Island, Ontario in 1999 (click HERE).

> Painting 10 ("Untitled", 29"x20", © 1976) was donated to The Thunder Bay Art Gallery which is an accredited Class "A" Institution in 2004. This original Norval Morrisseau's painting was viewed, inspected and approved by the Register of The Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Gail Fikis, the gallery director Sharon Godwin, the head curator Mr. Glenn Allison and the Board of Directors of the Gallery. It was then fully vetted and approved by the Government of Canada as per the Cultural Property Review Board (click HERE).

INVITATION TO ALL READERS:

There are many of you who possess important valuable information such as paintings, photographs and other printed/written materials which will greatly assist our common goal. I urge you to provide this information to me for public record. Norval Morrisseau has become one of Canada's greatest all time artists and is recognized for his importance Worldwide.

Your assistance is needed now! Your actions will greatly benefit your art as an investment and safeguard Norval Morrisseau's Legacy.

Hvala/Miigwetch,

Ugo Matulić a.k.a. Spirit Walker
/spiritwalker2008@gmail.com/

> For the purposes of this blog I would like to be referred to as Spirit Walker. Miigwetch!

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