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Artworks
ROBERT DAVIDSON (GUUD SANS GLANS), O.C., O.B.C., (1946-) HAIDA, MASSET / WHITE ROCK
Model Totem Pole, 1960argillite, 9 x 3 x 2.75 in (22.9 x 7.6 x 7 cm)
signed, inscribed, and dated, "ROBERT / DAVIDSON / HAIDA / 1960".
LOT 76
ESTIMATE: $4,000 — $6,000
PRICE REALIZED: $5,520.00Further images
Robert Davidson Sr. was a commercial fisherman by trade but also a skilled carpenter. He built his own houses, and was commissioned to build two Haida canoes with his brother....Robert Davidson Sr. was a commercial fisherman by trade but also a skilled carpenter. He built his own houses, and was commissioned to build two Haida canoes with his brother. Davidson took up argillite carving relatively late in life, but acted as a mentor and advisor to his grandson Robert before his death in 1969. This excellent pole depicts an Eagle with a Frog emerging from its chest, seated atop a Raven, which in turn sits above a seated Bear with a Frog looking upwards.References: For examples of poles by Robert Davidson Sr. see Carol Sheehan, Pipes that won’t Smoke: Coal that won’t Burn: Haida Sculpture in Argillite (Calgary: Glenbow Museum, 1981), p. 183. For a wooden pole by the artist see Michael D. Hall and Pat Glascock, Carvings and Commerce: Model Totem Poles 1880-2010 (Saskatoon: Mendel Art Gallery / Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2011), fig. 105.
Provenance
A Vancouver Collection.
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