220 + XVII pp, 9 3/4" H. Colour and b&w reproductions, photographs. Signed on title page: "James R. Stevens". Chapter headings: Chief Antoine Morrisseau tells The Legend of Nani-Bou-Sha and The Flood. Norval's inherited surname; Sand Point, East Shore, Lake Nipigon. Theresa Grace Nonokongis, Lawrence Obrey and Abel Morrisseau; St. Joseph's Boarding School, Norval and Ronald Morrisseau in Fort William, Ontario; Beardmore, Ontario - The Greenbelt Zone; The Brilliant Emergence & Withdrawal; The O.A.C. artist, Susan A. Ross, Norval's Mentor; The young gallery owner, Jack Pollock - dealing with Norval; Merv Farrow meeting Norval on hotel row, Port Arthur; James R. Stevens: Meeting Norval in Red Lake; Artist Roy Thomas meets Norval in the Geraldton Jail, 1969; Norval's Images 1959-1970; The Ojibway Catholic Paintings; Robbie Levack's Northern Art Road: Ray Andrews, Norval and Sandy Lake artist, Carl Ray; Norval painting a Fish on the spot; Norval - On the Streets of Winnipeg; Norval on Painters & Painting; Norval's Stories from the Forest; The Niece; Harriet Kakegamic and the Morrisseau Children; Norval in Toronto; Forest Art: Critics on Critics; The Reluctant Apprentice; Accolades for Norval; Norval and the Forest Artists; The Bearclaw Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta; Norval at Jasper 1985-86-87; The Gabe Vadas Years 1987-2007; Meeting the Mythic Master: Norval Morrisseau; Manitoulin; The Trip to Rescue Norval; The Last Portage; National Gallery Show 2006; Christian Morrisseau; Copper Thunderbird Takes Flight in Toronto; Norval: The Iconic Canadian Painter. A slight lean to the spine, two tiny faint dents on the free front endpaper that migrate slightly into the title page. Dust jacket has very light rubbing, very light wrinkling at the top of the flap-folds and the spine.
Title: A PICASSO FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY: THE WILD JOURNEY OF CANADIAN ARTIST, NORAL MORRISSEAU.
Edition: First Edition
ISBN Number: 0986548219
ISBN-13: 9780986548215
Illustrator: Norval Morrisseau.
Location Published: Thunder Bay, ON, Ahnisnabae Art Gallery: 2011
Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Very Good+
Jacket Condition: Very Good+
Inscription: Signed by Author
Categories: Art - Canadian, Art - First Nations/Indigenous Art, Canada - Biography
Seller ID: 31040
Keywords: biography, canadian painters, first nations, gabe vadas, indigenous art, indigenous artists, jack pollock, kakegamic, lake superior art gallery, morrisseau family, norval morrisseau, ojibway artists, ray andrews, st. joseph's boarding school, two spirit people., woodland art, woodland artists
