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Stolen art for sale? These murals were unseen since 1985... Why? Joe Mcleod's campaign to sell them at 100K+began days after Morrisseau's death...Why?
UNSEEN WORKS FROM NORVAL MORRISSEAU Dec 11, 2007 04:30 AM (ONE WEEK AFTER MORRISSEAU DIED!!!) Peter Goddard
While talks continued yesterday among family and friends deciding on Norval Morrisseau's final resting place, plans were being finalized for a show of seven generally unknown major works by the great Indian artist who died last week at age 75.
Yet, if the Ontario-born painter had his way, unseen work such as Thunderbird Transformation would have been part of Toronto's daily life from the 1980s on, after it had been translated into enormous displays of tile for the University Ave. subway station adjacent to the Royal Ontario Museum.
"He had an agreement with the City of Toronto in the '80s," Joseph McLeod, of the Maslak McLeod Gallery in Yorkville, said yesterday. "But there were problems about details and about whether he was getting the proper amount of money. In the end, the original paintings were turned over to a single buyer who decided to sell them about a year ago," McLeod said.
"Norval Morrisseau: RSVP," an exhibit of the seven large-scale "subway" canvases, opens Jan. 11 at the gallery.
Individual asking prices for the seven Morrisseau works such as Standing Brave are "around $100,000," said McLeod, who insists they were determined well before the painter's death from complications associated with Parkinson's disease.
News of his death has sparked renewed interest in Morrisseau's work.
In Vancouver, where he sold artwork to survive his nights living on the street, collectors are turning up at the House of the Spirit Bear Gallery with works big and small – "even with bits of gypsum wall that he drew on," said gallery operator Darrell Gilmore yesterday.
The "RSVP" in the title of the Maslak McLeod Gallery exhibit is intended to facilitate viewing times in the tiny space at 118 Scollard St. A bigger space might now be needed, McLeod admitted.
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I've seen some of these at Maslak, they are superb.
Joe was very proud but evasive when I asked questions regarding the history. now things are starting to make sense.
I've also heard rumblings on the street that Joe got the boot from ADAC, for ongoing, longterm conduct relating to the authentication of works almost everyone knows are "questionable" at best? not being able to take a hint, seems to run rampant with this pack of wankers.
it would appear that only Joe and a few others think this is a good biznez venture? OH how wrong people are. Nice post, keep them coming and share what is true.
Unfortunately the photos of the seven TTC artworks won't be shown here because Joe Mcleod has sworn, under penalty of perjury, that he owns the exclusive copyright to the images of these paintings - and he won't allow me to post them. He published pictures of these magnificent Morrisseau paintings in a catalogue that he is using to promote his sale.
Joe Mcleod chose to ignore Norval's signed letter sent to him and his gallery. The letter demands that they cease and desist publishing pictures of Norval's art (or inferior counterfeit art that they attribute to Norval Morrisseau). Norval, as the creator, owns the copyright.
Maslak Mcleod Gallery have no right to publish any of Norval's images however if you wish to see this series of amazing paintings give Joe some traffic at http://www.maslakmcleod.com/norval_subway.html
>>>>>>>>> Stardreamer