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LOT 216

1952 -
Canadien

Totem
Sculpture en bronze plaqué or 22 carats sur une base en marbre
signé et daté
50 1/2 x 5 x 4 po, 128.3 x 12.7 x 10.2 cm

Estimation : 25 000 $ - 35 000 $ CAD

Vendu pour : 53 100 $

Exposition à : Heffel Toronto – 13 avenue Hazelton

PROVENANCE
Fletcher Challenge, Canada
Peter and Joanne Brown Collection, Vancouver

BIBLIOGRAPHIE
Ian M. Thom, Challenging Traditions: Contemporary First Nations Art of the Northwest Coast, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 2009, page 46


Born in Old Massett on Haida Gwaii, Jim Hart is one of the Northwest Coast’s most accomplished sculptors. Hart is a chief of the Haida Nation; and his great-great-grandfather was the renowned carver Charles Edenshaw. At 24, Hart assisted Robert Davidson with totem poles for the Edenshaw Memorial, and from 1980 to 1984 he worked with Bill Reid on Reid’s large-scale projects. Hart’s Respect to Bill Reid Pole is part of the outdoor Haida village at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC. Among his many well-known projects are Haida House in the Canadian Museum of Civilization’s Grand Hall, which he supervised, and several Haida longhouses he constructed in Old Massett. His powerful large sculpture The Three Watchmen stands in front of the National Gallery of Canada.

In Hart’s work lies a bridge between Haida tradition and the contemporary world. “I tell younger people all the answers are in the old pieces,” he stated, but he also moves forward to create his own style. This stunning totem, its surface gleaming with gold, contains the traditional iconography of the Haida, but Hart’s sleek and sinuous lines transform their visual language and bring it into the present.


Estimation : 25 000 $ - 35 000 $ CAD

Tous les prix affichés sont en dollars canadiens


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