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Artworks
ROBERT DAVIDSON (GUUD SANS GLANS), O.C., O.B.C., (1946-) HAIDA, MASSET / WHITE ROCK
Eyes of the Mind, 1996patinated bronze, 11 x 10 x 8.5 in (27.9 x 25.4 x 21.6 cm) 14 x 9.5 x 9.5 in (35.6 x 24.1 x 24.1 cm), measurements reflect dimensions with base.
signed, numbered, and dated, "ЯD / 8/12 96".LOT 85
ESTIMATE: $15,000 — $25,000
PRICE REALIZED: $14,400.00Further images
When I realized that my spirit has a helper, I started to wonder if my mind has eyes. — Robert Davidson’s description of this work, 1996 Robert Davidson (Guud Sans...When I realized that my spirit has a helper, I started to wonder if my mind has eyes.
— Robert Davidson’s description of this work, 1996
Robert Davidson (Guud Sans Glans) began working in bronze as a possible medium for public art commissions in the mid 1980s. While visiting the site that would become a commission for three totem poles titled Three Variations of the Killer Whale Myth at the Donald M. Kendell Sculpture Garden, Pepsico World Headquarters in Purchase, New York, Davidson carried a wooden frog medallion in his pocket, which he famously described as squirming and trying to leap into the pond in front of the poles. This led to a commission for a three-foot bronze casting in which the “medallion” floats just above the surface of the pond. Davidson decided to experiment with smaller bronze editions to maintain market presence during a decade in which his work was in extremely high demand. He would leave bronze as a medium in favour of hollow aluminum sculptures, which he could adjust in scale from tabletop to monumental works that could withstand Canadian winters in public spaces.
Gary Wyatt
References: For the first major publication discussing Robert Davidson’s art and career see the exhibition catalogue by Ian M. Thom, ed., Robert Davidson: Eagle of the Dawn, (Vancouver: Vancouver Art Gallery/Douglas & McIntyre, 1993), see pp. 92-93 for Thom’s discussion of Davidson’s early bronze efforts.
Provenance
Spirit Wrestler Gallery, Vancouver.
Acquired from the above by the present Private Collection, Texas.
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