Blackfish
91.4 cms x 61 cms (36 ins x 24 ins)
On verso signed with initials and dated 1981
made in 1981
Lot offered for sale by Heffel, Vancouver at the auction event "July 2014 Online auction" held on Thu, Jul 31, 2014.
Lot 017
Lot 017
Estimate: CAD $8,000 - $12,000
Realised: CAD $15,340
Realised: CAD $15,340
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist by the present Private Collection, British Columbia
Notes:
This copper was commissioned in 1979 through Eagle Down Gallery in Edmonton, Alberta. It was only the second copper Vickers ever made, the first being a commission for the National Museum of Ethnology in Osaka, Japan. The title of the copper, Blackfish, is Vickers' family crest and one of the four main crests of the Coast Tsimshian. The four men on the base of the piece represent the four generations that Coppers had been in use on the North West Coast. Traditionally, coppers were valuable possessions and displays of wealth. Each time a copper was traded or sold, it's value increased at least double-fold. Individual coppers were named and their histories were well known. Vickers named this piece only after he had completed it in 1981.
Acquired directly from the artist by the present Private Collection, British Columbia
Notes:
This copper was commissioned in 1979 through Eagle Down Gallery in Edmonton, Alberta. It was only the second copper Vickers ever made, the first being a commission for the National Museum of Ethnology in Osaka, Japan. The title of the copper, Blackfish, is Vickers' family crest and one of the four main crests of the Coast Tsimshian. The four men on the base of the piece represent the four generations that Coppers had been in use on the North West Coast. Traditionally, coppers were valuable possessions and displays of wealth. Each time a copper was traded or sold, it's value increased at least double-fold. Individual coppers were named and their histories were well known. Vickers named this piece only after he had completed it in 1981.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
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