Lot 75
JACKSON BEARDY (1944-1984)
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Provenance:
Galerie Martal, Montreal, QC;
Private collection, Toronto, ON;
Private collection, Ontario
Accompanied by invoice from Galerie Martal, Montreal, QC.
Exhibited:
7: Professional Native Indian Artists Inc., MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK, 21 Sep 2013 - 12 Jan 2014
Note:
Four is a sacred number for many Great Lakes and Plains Indigenous peoples—although specific teachings vary, four is often perceived in relation to the four directions, seasons, times of day, elements, and stages of life, as well as other relationships that can be communicated in sets of four.
Included in the seminal 2013-2014 exhibition “7: Professional Native Indian Artists Inc.” at the Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, Beardy’s Four Orders of Life presents all elements of his composition as being deeply interrelated, as bird, fish, animal and human are offshoots of one central form. In the Woodlands style, black ‘lines of communication’ or ‘power lines’ tether the various entities, forming a superbly balanced composition, while also expressing a profound connectivity.