Pearl McCarthy about Norval Morrisseau

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Kevin Hearn Vs. Joseph B. McLeod and Maslak McLeod Gallery Inc.
/Court File No. CV-12-455650/

"SPIRIT ENERGY OF MOTHER EARTH HAS NOT BEEN PROVED TO BE A FORGED OR FAKE MORRISEAU. FROM THE LAW'S POINT OF VIEW, IT IS THEREFORE A REAL NORVAL MORRISSEAU PAINTING."-

~ Justice Edward M. Morgan, May 24, 2018--
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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: This painting was displayed at Norval Morrisseau's first public exhibition which was held at Jack Pollock's gallery (The Pollock Gallery) on September 14, 1962 in Toronto, Ontario. 'Time' magazine (Canadian edition) commented about the event that "Few ex­hibits in Canadian art history have touched off a greater stir."


* - 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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