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Provenance:

Leona Lattimer Collection, Vancouver, BC

Note:

Leona Lattimer dedicated her career to promoting contemporary Northwest Coast Art in Canada and abroad, establishing Vancouver's Lattimer Gallery at the time of Expo 86.

Through her relationships with Indigenous artists throughout BC she was able to help create the thriving Northwest Coast Indigenous art market we know today. Leona passed away on June 25th, 2022.

We are honoured to be offering a selection of artworks from her personal collection, many of which were acquired directly from the artists.

Read about the Leona Lattimer Collection

After beginning his working life as a carpenter, Walter Harris attended the Ksan School of Northwest Coast Native Art in 1969. His teachers were Doug Cranmer, Robert Davidson, Bill Holm, and Duane Pasco. He eventually became an instructor. Walter collaborated in the carving of the murals at the Royal Bank in Vancouver, and the doors at the University of British Columbia's Museum of Anthropology. In 1971, he carved totem poles for Kispiox, where he was the Hereditary Chief. He carved for BC Provincial Museum, Victoria, and for the Museum of Civilization, Ottawa, and has had exhibits at the Vancouver Centennial Museum, the Museum of Anthropology, and the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta. In 1979, he carved and painted a screen for the Canadian Embassy in Paris. Walter was featured in The Legacy exhibition from 1980, which travelled across Canada and the UK. In 2005, he received the Order of Canada.