Robert Charles (G̲uud San Glans) Davidson (Haida/Canadian Born 1946)
Seawolf Inside Its Own Dorsal Fin 1982
watercolour and gouache on arches, signed and dated lower right "Robert Davidson 1982", titled on label on reverse, together with framed double sided drawing and serigraph signed and dated lower right "Robert Davidson '83" and numbered lower left "6/99". Serigraph size 42 1/8" x 29 3/4"
Exhibited:
Robert Davidson: Recollections, Arthur Ross Gallery, University of Pennsylvania 1992 Eagle Song, Gallery of Tribal Art, Vancouver 1989
Robert Davidson Paintings, Maple Ridge Gallery 1983
Publications: Echos of the Supernatural: The Graphic Art of Robert Davidson, Gary Wyatt with Robert Davidson, Vancouver Art Gallery 2022 page 102-103
Provenance: Nuytten Collection
"For the two years after the potlatch Children of the Good People, I was looking at my previous work and rehashing designs, learning the forms, but I was ready to move on. One of my teachers was a bentwood dish in the collection of the Glenbow Museum and in Robert Inverarity's book Art of the Northwest Coast Indians. The same artist (sometimes called "the Master of the Black Field") created the box featured in the Arts of the Raven exhibition and I was in the background listening to the heated discussion between Wilson Duff, Bill Reid and Bill Holm, who were mesmerized by the design. They were deeply analyzing the formline and I would shout from the background, 'There is no formline!' but I don't think they heard me. It would be years before I would understand what they were seeking. What I saw in this artist was the confidence to step outside of his comfort zone, with the skill and knowledge to do so. The artist would contain a shape like a box and he would introduce a new shape with in the shape. I realized that the art could go beyond the established conventions. I was inspired to experiment." Echos of the Supernatural page 103.
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