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JOE JOHNNY & MORRIS JOHNNY (1984-) KWAKWA̱KA̱ʼWAKW & COWICHAN (COAST SALISH)
Wind Mask (Beau Dick Tribute), c. 2017cedar wood, horse hair, and acrylic paint, 40 x 24.5 x 12.25 in (101.6 x 62.2 x 31.1 cm)
titled, signed, and inscribed, 'Wind / Mask / "Beau Dick Tribute" / Joe Johnny / Morris Johnny / Port Hardy, B.C. / Takush";
Accompanied by several photographs of the artists with the work in their studio.LOT 84
ESTIMATE: $5,000 — $8,000Further images
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Beau Dick helped make the oversized mask a defining Northwest Coast form, pairing formidable scale with unmistakable skill. Morris Johnny, who began carving in his early twenties and apprenticed with...Beau Dick helped make the oversized mask a defining Northwest Coast form, pairing formidable scale with unmistakable skill. Morris Johnny, who began carving in his early twenties and apprenticed with Beau as well as other senior carvers, knew that legacy firsthand. Beau’s death in 2017 was felt widely, but for the father-and-son carving team of Joe and Morris Johnny, it was also deeply personal. They identify the present mask as a tribute to Beau, though its ambition makes that plain even without the note. Rising more than three feet high, it has the monumentality for which Beau’s work became so admired. Carved in cedar and painted in acrylic, it is energized by a dramatic palette: the black ground of the face is veiled with a white wash and enclosed by a black outer field that rises around it like a framing shell, stopping sharply at the projecting nose-and-forehead ridge, which splits it into two lateral wings. The nose and pursed mouth flare in vivid red, a feature typical of other wind masks by Beau Dick.
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Provenance
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