Chief of the Undersea World
11.4 cms x 5.7 cms x 3.18 cms (4.5 ins x 2.25 ins x 4.5 ins)
Signed, dated 1983 and numbered 4/5; presented on a jade base (the weight of the gold is 145.1 grams)
Lot offered for sale by Cowley Abbott, Toronto at the auction event "Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian Art" held on Tue, May 29, 2018.
Lot 30560
Lot 30560
Estimate: CAD $125,000 - $175,000
Realised: CAD $129,800
Realised: CAD $129,800
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Buschlen-Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver
Collection of Ted Harrison
By descent to the present Private Collection
Literature:
Doris Shadbolt, Bill Reid, Vancouver, 1986, pages 45 and 46
Karen Duffek, Bill Reid: Beyond the Essential Form, Vancouver, 1986, pages 23 and 49
Martine J. Reid, "Three Phases of Bill Reid", Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art (website - billreidgallery.ca)
Bill Reid and Buschlen-Mowatt Gallery, Bill Reid: All the Gallant Beasts and Monsters, Vancouver, 1992, page 28, reproduced page 34
Buschlen-Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver
Collection of Ted Harrison
By descent to the present Private Collection
Literature:
Doris Shadbolt, Bill Reid, Vancouver, 1986, pages 45 and 46
Karen Duffek, Bill Reid: Beyond the Essential Form, Vancouver, 1986, pages 23 and 49
Martine J. Reid, "Three Phases of Bill Reid", Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art (website - billreidgallery.ca)
Bill Reid and Buschlen-Mowatt Gallery, Bill Reid: All the Gallant Beasts and Monsters, Vancouver, 1992, page 28, reproduced page 34
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Cowley Abbott auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Cowley Abbott auction house for permission to use.