2024 December | Hodgins Art Auctions

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signed and editioned in pencil; monogrammed in the block (MBL104)

Provenance: The Collector’s Gallery, Calgary AB (label verso)

Note: This is the seventh print in the portfolio “Ten Canadian Colour Prints”. It is illustrated on page 277 of “Walter J. Phillips: The Complete Graphic Works” (Roger Boulet; M. B. Loates Publishing; 1981).

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signed, titled, dated and editioned in pencil

Note: Alternately titled “Bow Falls at Banff”. This work was produced using 6 linoleum blocks and two wood blocks (one fir, one hardwood). It is illustrated on page 32 of “Margaret Shelton Block Prints 1936-1984” (Patricia Ainslie; Glenbow Museum; 1984).

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signed lower right; titled on the gallery label verso

Provenance: Masters Gallery, Calgary AB

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signed and dated lower right; signed, titled and dated verso

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signed lower right; signed, titled and dated on the stretcher verso

Provenance: La Flamme Galleries, Calgary AB

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signed lower right; titled on the stretcher and on the artist’s label verso (KE15105)

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signed lower right; titled and dated on the artist’s label verso (R-263)

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signed lower left; titled on the stretcher verso

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signed, dated “June 14 1983” and inscribed “Colville Lake N.W.T.” lower left; titled and dated on the stretcher verso

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signed and editioned

Note: This lot includes a custom made, mixed wood sculpture pedestal.
Size: 36 x 21 x 21 in. (91.4 x 53.3 x 53.3 cm)

Of this piece, the artist writes:

“In the way of the Hopi, the Grandmother plays a very important role in the society. The women of the Hopi own the home and the seeds that are planted each year. The Grandmother awaits patiently for her grandchildren to come forth. The baby will be taken to greet the sun on the twentieth day and will be given a name with their first ear of red corn, which is the naming corn. The Grandmother is the one who will often name the children, giving the child their Hopi name, at which time the child will be given the first of the four corns that they will receive in life. The Grandmother leads in wisdom and knowledge. She is the Matriarch of the family.”