NORVAL MORRISSEAU UNLIMITED

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Catalogue Raisonné For The Limited Editions
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"Fish People", Silkscreen © 1979 Norval Morrisseau;
                       Printer: ALVO Canadian Art Ltd.
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About the project & Mission

Background

For all the original paintings and drawings; the Norval Morrisseau Heritage Society (NMHS) has accepted the task (in 2005) to work on a catalogue raisonné, documenting every known work created by the artist. The large amount of - unrecorded - Norval Morrisseau originals will understandably lead to years of research and investigation by the NMHS.

Documenting original signed limited edition silkscreens/serigraphs and lithographs are not part of their mission. Therefore this project will deal with original signed limited editions, With the mission statement as written below.

If you own a Norval Morrisseau painting and would like to document it, you can contact the NMHS(Norval Morrisseau Heritage Society) at norvalmorrisseauheritage@gmail.com.

If you own a Norval Morrisseau limited edition print, you can contribute in this blog research project.

Mission Statement

This project's mission is to document all original signed limited editions of Norval Morrisseau. Norval Morrisseau Unlimited uses an on-line blog for the following reasons:

- to stimulate owners of a piece to contribute factual information.

- to support the art market.

Contribute to the research! -

If you have a limited edition of Norval Morrisseau, you can help to add factual information, which are still missing in the on-line Catalogue Raisonné. Search for the edition, in which you own a piece, in the “list (so far)”, look at the information and:

- confirm (or unconfirm) the written information (the more confirmations, the more reliable the information);

- send the unknown information.

Contribute by sending your information to morrisseau.unlimited@gmail.com or by adding a comment (with the information) to a posting, by clicking on the posting title of your edition. It does not matter if a posting is old, you can always respond. See the on-line blog as a database, in which information will continuous be added.

Content

All information mentioned are factual registered by one ore more sources. For the codification of the sources and the reliability, see ‘codification’.

The limited editions will be numbered. For the codification of the numbering, see ‘codification‘.

For the first year, after the launch of this project, there will be new postings of known limited edition prints posted on a regular basis.

Blog master’s personal note

I am really fond of limited editions and I love the art of Norval Morrisseau. The combination is magical, to me. I discovered his art in the beginning of 2000 and it was the start of a special journey.

During these last 9 years I followed his art and collected almost scientifically al kind of information. This was not as easy as I expected for a well known and respected Canadian artist. However all my collected information of limited editions is the basis of this project “Catalogue Raisonné for the Limited Editions’.

I hope all owners will contribute to finalise this non-commercial project and that everyone will enjoy this site during the project.

Warm regards,

Frank Kortstee, 05/24/2009

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* Blog Master's comment: I would like to invite and encourage all of the readers of THE NORVAL MORRISSEAU BLOG to assist Mr. Frank Kortstee in this important and honourable project! Chi Miigwetch, Spirit Walker.