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Artworks
ROBERT DAVIDSON (GUUD SANS GLANS), O.C., O.B.C., (1946-) HAIDA, MASSET / WHITE ROCK
Before the Snag, 1977serigraph, 53 x 40.75 in (134.6 x 103.5 cm), framed
11/16LOT 6
ESTIMATE: $3,500 — $5,000Further images
Image reproduced in Gary Wyatt with Robert Davidson, Echoes of the Supernatural: The Graphic Art of Robert Davidson, (Vancouver: Figure 1 Publishing Inc., 2023), p. 145. In the didactic text,...Image reproduced in Gary Wyatt with Robert Davidson, Echoes of the Supernatural: The Graphic Art of Robert Davidson, (Vancouver: Figure 1 Publishing Inc., 2023), p. 145. In the didactic text, Davidson shares,
I painted the Raven with the beak intact. I didn't realize this right away so I gave it this title to tell of the moment before the fisherman rips the beak from Raven with a fish hook to avenge the loss of the bait that Raven had been stealing and for the loss of the halibut.In the top corner I have the fisherman rendered in ghost forms to place the viewer in the undersea realm watching the scene from the same perspective as the Raven and Halibut. I was thinking of their view of the human world and the undersea creatures viewing us from under water. Must appear equally complex to us looking at their world.
Provenance
Private Collection, Ottawa;
Estate of the above.
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