Grandmother Spider
76.2 cms x 50.8 cms (30 ins x 20 ins)
Signed and dated lower right, titled and dated verso
made in 2014
Lot offered for sale by Saskatchewan NAC, Regina at the auction event "Saskatchewan And Canadian Indigenous Art" held on Sun, May 15, 2022.
Lot 21
Lot 21
Estimate: CAD $4,000 - $5,000
Realised: CAD $2,832
Realised: CAD $2,832
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Christi Belcourt was born in 1966 in Scarborough, Ontario, with her family roots connected to Manitou Saskhigan (Lac Ste. Anne) Alberta. She moved with her family to Ottawa, Ontario, in 1970 when her father was elected the founding president of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples. Belcourt is a Metis artist who has created commissioned works for the Gabriel Dumont Institute (Saskatoon), the Nature Conservancy of Canada, and the Canadian Museum of Nature (Ottawa), and her work can be found in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Art and the Canadian Museum of Civilization, Guelph University, Gabriel Dumont Institute, and York University, among others. She has had solo exhibitions at Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Red Shift Gallery (Saskatoon), ArtSpace Gallery (Peterborough).
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 Saskatchewan NAC auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Saskatchewan NAC auction house for permission to use.