Artist: Dale Auger
Title: KEEPER OF THE STORIES
Date: 2003
Medium: acrylic on canvas (gallery-wrapped)
Dimensions: 60 x 60 in. (152.4 x 152.4 cm)
Notes:
signed lower left
Note: This work is illustrated on page 102 of “Medicine Paint, The Art of Dale Auger” (Dale Auger, with foreword by Mary-Beth Laviolette; Heritage House, 2009).
LOT: 169
Auction: 2024 June - Prices Realized
Artist: Dale Auger
Title: THE TRAVELLER
Date: 2006
Medium: acrylic on canvas (gallery-wrapped)
Dimensions: 60 x 45 in. (152.4 x 114.3 cm)
Notes:
signed lower left
Provenance: Purchased directly from the artist in 2006.
Note: This work is illustrated on page 144 of “Medicine Paint, The Art of Dale Auger” (Dale Auger, with foreword by Mary-Beth Laviolette; Heritage House, 2009). A copy of the book accompanies the painting. The caption within the book, referencing the image, reads:
“We once had a medicine man in our camp. We knew him only as the Traveller. He was tall and charming and had great powers. They say he had the ability to travel to the future, and as proof of his travels he would bring back with him different medicine from different times.”
This was a favourite work of Dale Auger. The artist, in discussing this piece with the purchaser (and friend), indicated that in some ways this was a self-portrait. Auger related that he would often dream of travelling in time, and would contemplate how strange it would be if he could bring everyday items from today back in time. He theorized that even items we casually discard would be transformed, holding power and value in another life and time.
LOT: 94
Auction: 2022 May | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Dale Auger
Title: SMOKE
Date: 1997
Medium: acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 25 x 25 in. (63.5 x 63.5 cm)
Notes:
signed & dated lower left; titled verso
LOT: 105
Auction: 2022 November | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Dale Auger
Title: CALLER OF THE MEDICINE LODGE
Date: 1998
Medium: acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 36 x 36 in. (91.4 x 91.4 cm)
Notes:
signed lower right; titled & dated verso
Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist.
Note: This work is illustrated on page 34 of “Medicine Paint, The Art of Dale Auger” (Dale Auger/foreword by Mary-Beth Laviolette; Heritage House, 2009). On the inspiration for this powerful image, Auger recalled:
“I had a dream one time that I was the Caller of the Medicine Lodge. It was my duty to call on all the people, so that the ceremony could begin. Everything was just right as I stood at the entrance to the lodge with the staff stick over my shoulder and my head held high. I started my journey into the lodge. I felt powerful. ‘In the Creator’s name’, I said, ‘we must direct ourselves to the Creator, because it is the Creator that gives us life. It is the Creator that gives us knowledge.’ I felt so good in that dream. I felt so good that I didn’t want to leave it.”
LOT: 157
Auction: 2021 September | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Dale Auger
Title: EXPRESSION FROM THE SOURCE
Date: 2005
Medium: acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 24 x 48 in. (61 x 121.9 cm)
Notes:
signed & dated lower left; titled & dated verso
LOT: 165
Auction: 2020 September | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Dale Auger
Title: PORTRAIT IN CEREMONIAL PAINT
Date: 1995
Medium: mixed media on paper
Dimensions: 25.75 x 21.75 in. (65.4 x 55.2 cm)
Notes:
signed & dated
Literature: “Medicine Paint, The Art of Dale Auger” (Heritage House; 2009)
LOT: 653
Auction: 2017 September | Hodgins Art Auctions
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