Lot 1
BILL (WILLIAM) RONALD REID (1920-1998)
Lot 1 Details
BILL (WILLIAM) RONALD REID (1920-1998), Haida
NANASIMGET
silkscreen on raw silk
artist proof from an edition of 25, 1980
overall 72.8 x 31.5 in — 185 x 80 cm
Estimate $4,000-$5,000
Realised: $4,800
Price Includes Buyer's Premium
Important:
This lot is located in Vancouver. Local pick up by special arrangement; shipment from Vancouver only.
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Provenance:
Private Collection, British Columbia.
Note:
Nanasimget is the story told by Northwest Coast people of a man named Nanasimget whose beautiful wife was kidnapped by a Killerwhale. He took her to the underwater village of the powerful Killerwhale People, and planned to wed her as soon as he could create a dorsal fin and attach it to her back. However, Nanasimget was determined to rescue his beloved. He undertook a series of perilous tasks, going so far as to ride on the back of a mighty Killerwhale to reach the village in the depths of the sea. There, Nanasimget successfully extracted his wife from the Chief Killerwhale’s longhouse, rescuing his love and returning with her to their own earthly village.