George Morrison "Landscape" Mixed Media 1953
George Morrison “Landscape” Mixed Media 1953

George Morrison (Ojibwe, 1919-2000). Mixed media artwork on Strathmore paper titled “Landscape” depicting an abstracted layered landscape, 1953. Signed and dated along the lower center. There is an unfinished still life painting along the verso. This work is featured in the autobiography of the artist’s life: it is photographed along with Morrison’s mother at an exhibition of his work in the 1950s. Literature: George Morrison as told to Margot Fortunato Galt, “Turning the Feather Around: My Life in Art,” Minnesota Historical Society Press (St. Paul: 1998), page 103. Provenance: Mutual Service Insurance (MSI) corporate collection, Minnesota; Collection of Gordon Lindquist, Minnesota; Private Minnesota Collection. Sight; height: 21 in x width: 28 in. Framed; height: 30 1/2 in x width: 37 1/2 in.

$55,000