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Paintings of Kwakwaka’wakw ceremonial masks, animals, and other beings
Title
[Paintings of Kwakwaka’wakw ceremonial masks, animals, and other beings].
Production
[between 1965 and 1967]
Physical Description
35 paintings : watercolors ; 43 x 36 cm
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Dates estimated from dealer description and artist's dated signature on three paintings.
Provenance
Purchased from Donald A. Heald on the Walter McClintock Memorial Fund, 2022.
Biographical / Historical Note
Marshall James Speck (1946?-1967) was a Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwakiutl) artist from the Northwest Coast of Canada.
Summary
Brightly-colored original watercolor paintings on paper, signed, depicting Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwakiutl) ceremonial masks, animals and other beings. Each painting is signed and titled in ink. Grizzily Bear, Killer Whale, and Hummingbird are dated 1967; none of the other paintings have dates.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 05, 2022
Contents
Grizzily Bear
Eagle Crest Design
Sea Monster Face Dance Mask
Thunderbird Face-Mask
Salmon
Sea Raven Mask
Wolf Face Dance Mask
Wren Dance Mask
Sea Lion
Bullhead
Raven
Crane
Mosquito
Eagle Dance Mask
Blue Jay Dance Mask
Fools Face Mask
Wasp Face Mask
Sea Monster Mask
Sea Eagle
Thunderbird and Whale
Lady Giant Face Mask
Killer Whale
Cannibal Dance Mask
Hummingbird
Sea Bear
Sea eagle. Kwi gwis
Owl Face Dance Mask
Killer Whale
Sea Lion
Bullhead
Lady Giant Mask
Raven Crest Design
Sea Eagle
Sea Raven = Gwa-Wis
Spider-Lady
References
Marshall James Speck, Paintings of Kwakwaka’wakw Ceremonial Masks, Animals, and Other Beings. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Cite as
Marshall James Speck, Paintings of Kwakwaka’wakw Ceremonial Masks, Animals, and Other Beings. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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Genre/Form
Watercolors.
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