Pearl McCarthy about Norval Morrisseau

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* This post was originally published on November 16th, 2007
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"Bear in Fish Spawn, © 1962 Norval Morrisseau
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"Morrisseau's genius for unifying or braking space in his designs is astonishing, as sureness of line. It cannot be classed as primitive art, because both the ideas and the expression evince cultivated thought. As this mysticism has never been recorded he is breaking new ground."
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Pearl McCarthy, The Globe and Mail, August 1962- -
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Note: The above painting was used in The Globe and Mail's article titled 'Explorers Discover New Ideas' written by Pearl McCarthy; August 1962.
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