Saturday, November 7, 2009

Norval Morrisseau Signature Study (Part XIII)

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"Untitled", pencil and blue ballpoint pen on paper, 10.5"x14.5", © 1961 Norval Morrisseau /Click on image to Enlage/
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"Untitled", pencil and blue ballpoint pen on paper, 10.5"x14.5", © 1961 Norval Morrisseau ~ Signature, Bottom left /Click on image to Enlarge/
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Ref. Signature of Norval Morrisseau from the serigraph print ''Loon Totemic Spirit and Grebes with Human" (1976); Edition: 60; Publisher: Triple K Cooperative Inc.; also presented on page 168 in the book THE ART OF NORVAL MORRISSEAU /Lister Sinclair, Jack Pollock, and Norval Morrisseau/; ISBN: 0-458-93820-3 /Toronto, Ontario: Methuen, 1979./
~ Click HERE to read the "Morrisseau Signature Identification Article 101" where this print has been used as one of the signature reference samples
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> The above image of an original Norval Morrisseau's drawing was previously part of Mr. Rolf Schneider's Private Collection (Thunder Bay, Ontario) and is part of Mr. Gary Lamont's Private Collection, also from Thunder Bay, Ontario and it is currently presented on his website www.woodlandartgallery.ca (go to Gallery No. 1).
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~ This drawing is signed with ballpoint pen in Cree Syllabics and pencil-signed in English, as well as dated with encircled year of creation ('61) - the practise often used by Norval Morrisseau (click on image above to view inscription in the bottom right corner).
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IMPORTANT NOTE:
Norval Morrisseau would often pencil-sign the drawings and paintings on paper with his English signature together with Cree Syllabics signature ('Copper Thunderbird') and in case of the sets on paper he would also individually numbered them with pencil as well (format used: 1 of 7, 2 of 7, 3 of 7 etc. or 1-7, 2-7, 3-7 etc.)
> Click HERE for more information on his signing habits/techniques.
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Related story/link: In oder to provide legitimacy to their pieces collectors along with vendors including Toronto galleries who had pronounced the pieces genuine; commissioned a report on the signatures in English 'Norval Morrisseau' found on the front and back of the paintings. The Document Examination Consultants Inc. (who are a forensic services company based out in Ottawa Canada) were provided with publicly known letters/pictures and many signature specimens done by Norval Morrisseau and concluded that the signatures that were able to be read were in their 'expert opinion' done by the hand of Norval Morrisseau. This was considered solid evidence of the legitimacy of the pieces. (click HERE, HERE & HERE to view forensic signature analysis reports for three Norval Morrisseau artworks painted in the 1970s).
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Q: "Why do galleries feel that they need to provide legitimacy to their art pieces of Norval Morrisseau? Should a gallery not be confident (and responsible) in what they are selling?"
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A: "Galleries do feel a need to provide legitimacy to their pieces in the above stated way. Today it is now safer than ever before to purchase valuable art painted by Norval Morrissau. With an ever growing database of forensic analysis to draw from. We can authenticate this artist's work easily and professionally. Thus eliminating any trepidation for collectors... novice and seasoned."
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NOTE: In presented "Norval Morrisseau Signature Study" we are eager to introduce numerous examples to draw from known sources with provenance. We will use letters addressed by Norval Morrisseau/canvases/officially embossed signatures from Norval Morrisseau and serigraphs to anaylsis Norval Morrisseau's signature as it is found on his artwork. This study is to confirm and introduce to the novice and seasoned collector the many aspects of Norval Morrisseau's caligraphy found painted on the reverse/front of his canvases, signed limited edition serigraphs, books and correspondence.-
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~ I am inviting all readers, collectors and admirers of Norval Morrisseau's art to share the images (drawings, paintings, newspaper articles and painted objects), handwritten and other documents pertaining to the artistic legacy of Norval Morrisseau.~
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Spirit Walker
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>>> Reference posts:
- CEASE AND COPYRIGHT,
- Norval Morrisseau Genuine Collage,
- Norval Morrisseau Signature Study (Part I),
- Norval Morrisseau Signature Study (Part II),
- Norval Morrisseau Signature Study (Part III),
- Norval Morrisseau Signature Study (Part IV),
- Norval Morrisseau Signature Study (Part V),
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Norval Morrisseau Signature Study (Part VI),
- Norval Morrisseau Signature Study (Part VII),
- Norval Morrisseau Signature Study (Part VIII),
- Norval Morrisseau Signature Study (Part IX),
- Norval Morrisseau Signature Study (Part X),
- Norval Morrisseau Signature Study (Part XI),
- Norval Morrisseau Signature Study (Part XII),
- Norval Morrisseau Painting Techniques (Part II),
- Catholic Influences on Norval Morrisseau (Part V),
- Morrisseau History Detective Stories (Part IV),
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"Morrisseau Signature Identification Article 101" (Part I),

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Norval Morrisseau's Certificate of Authenticity (Part I),
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Norval Morrisseau's Certificate of Authenticity (Part II),
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Norval Morrisseau's Certificate of Authenticity (Part III),
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Norval Morrisseau's Certificate of Authenticity (Part IV),
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Norval Morrisseau's Certificate of Authenticity (Part V),
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Norval Morrisseau's Certificate of Authenticity (Part VI),
- Understanding Art of Norval Morrisseau (Part I),
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Justice for Norval Morrisseau (Part I),
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Justice for Norval Morrisseau Found,
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Michael Moniz vs. CTV Globemedia Publishing Inc. /Court action CV-07-1776 SR/,
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Sacred Medicine Wheel /Forensic Report/,
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Sacred Medicine Bear /Forensic Report/,
- "The Writing On The Wall... Norval Morrisseau Conspiracy Exposed",
- Thunder Bay's Norval Morrisseau vs. Jack Pollock's Norval Morrisseau (Part I),
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Thunder Bay's Norval Morrisseau vs. Jack Pollock's Norval Morrisseau (Part II),

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Thunder Bay's Norval Morrisseau vs. Jack Pollock's Norval Morrisseau (Part III),

- Thunder Bay's Norval Morrisseau vs. Jack Pollock's Norval Morrisseau (Part IV),
- Thunder Bay's Norval Morrisseau vs. Jack Pollock's Norval Morrisseau (Part V),
- Thunder Bay's Norval Morrisseau vs. Jack Pollock's Norval Morrisseau (Part VI),
- Thunder Bay's Norval Morrisseau vs. Jack Pollock's Norval Morrisseau (Part VII),
- Thunder Bay's Norval Morrisseau vs. Jack Pollock's Norval Morrisseau (Part VIII) &
- Thunder Bay's Norval Morrisseau vs. Jack Pollock's Norval Morrisseau (Part IX).
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* For detailed information on Norval Morrisseau's Signature Study go to "Signature Identification Article 101"

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