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Carl Beam, R.C.A.

Anishinaabe

(1943-2005)

First Name: Carl

Last Name: Beam

Full Name: Carl Beam

Name in syllabics: N/A

Alternative Names: Carl Edward Migwans, “Ahkideh” (from aakode' meaning “one who is brave” in the Ojibwe language)

Date of birth: May 24, 1943

Place of birth: M'Chigeeng First Nation, Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada

Date of death: July 30, 2005

Place of death: M'Chigeeng First Nation, Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada

Community / Heritage: Ojibwe

Sex: Male

Disc Number: N/A

Website: N/A

Art Media: Photographic mediums, mixed media, oil, acrylic, spontaneously scripted text on canvas, works on paper, plexiglas, stone, cement, wood, handmade ceramic pottery, found objects,  etching, lithography and screen process.

Bio:

Carl Beam was a Canadian Ojibwe artist who worked in a variety of media. His work sought to call attention to problems facing Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists, contemporary culture, and the tensions between Western and Indigenous cultures.

Beam was born in 1943 at M’Chigeeng First Nation, Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada. His mother, Barbara Migwans, was the Ojibwe daughter of Dominic Migwans, then the Chief of the Ojibwe of West Bay (later renamed M’Chigeeng First Nation). Beam’s father, Edward Cooper, was an American soldier from the 77th Regiment, Philadelphia, who died as a prisoner of war in Bad Soden, Germany during World War II. Beam was raised by his grandparents Dominic and Annie for most of his youth.

Beam’s character was recognized by his elders at a young age, and he was given the name “Ahkideh”, meaning “one who is brave” in the Ojibwe language. Between the age of ten to eighteen, he was sent to Garnier Residential School in Spanish, Ontario.

In the early 1960s, Beam met his first wife, with whom he had five children. He worked a variety of jobs, ranging from the construction of the Toronto subway to working as a millwright in Wawa, Ontario. In 1971, Beam began his formal education at the Kootenay School of Art in British Columbia. He transferred to the University of Victoria in 1973 and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. In 1976, he received his Masters of Fine Arts from the University of Alberta in Edmonton; after graduation he returned to Ontario.

In 1979, Beam married American-born artist Ann Elena Weatherby, a teacher at the Three Schools of Art in Toronto. They had a daughter together, Anong Migwans Beam. In 1980, Beam and his family moved to Arroyo Seco, New Mexico to live and work.

While in New Mexico, Beam was inspired by traditional ceramics and bowls created by the Anasazi and Mimbres people. Beam had been instructed in ceramic pottery while at the Kootenay School of Art, but had abandoned the medium earlier. However, these simple yet intricate designs full of turtles, snakes, birds and spirits inspired him and he began to create pottery work. Ravens were a common motif for Beam, as his family name derives from the word “migwans” which means “a little feather or bird.” 

Beam and his wife exhibited their ceramic work together, including a show at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. 

Although Beam had achieved a level of success in the United States, in 1983 he returned to Canada, where he felt he had a more important contribution to make. The family moved to Peterborough, Ontario, and in 1984, Beam was asked to make the Thunder Bay Art Gallery’s first commissioned artwork. The resulting installation, “Exorcism,” became a turning point in his art career.

By adopting a mixed media approach to his work, Beam developed a new, unique style. Through his art, he was able to speak out against the unequal treatment of Indigenous people and to challenge the way we look at political and historical events. The Columbus Project, completed between 1989–1992, is the largest series of works to this effect. Beam examined how history remembered the accomplishments of Christopher Columbus while downplaying the devastating effects his arrival had on Indigenous people. 

The early 2000s saw Beam begin a new series, The Whale of Our Being”, which examined what Beam saw as the spiritual emptiness of modern society and its inability to live in harmony with the natural world. The series included photo emulsion works, sculptural constructions, works on paper and ceramics.

In 2001, the Beams, together with their daughter Anong, returned to working extensively with pottery, using painting techniques on glazeware. In 2004, the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery in Waterloo, Ontario created a traveling exhibition of 50 ceramic pieces by Carl Beam, Ann Beam, and Anong Migwans Beam. This marked the first time all three exhibited together. It was also Carl’s last exhibition during his lifetime. Beam died on July 30, 2005 in his home at M'chigeeng Reserve on Manitoulin Island, Ontario from complications of diabetes.

Beam was the first artist of Indigenous ancestry to have his works purchased by the National Gallery of Canada. His work has been exhibited throughout North America, Italy, Denmark, Germany and China. It is currently found in major collections including the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Vancouver Art Gallery and the Albright-Knox Gallery in Buffalo, New York. In 2000, Beam was inducted into the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts and received a Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts in 2005.

Exhibitions

  • 1989: In the Shadow of the Sun, Dortmund, Germany
  • 1989: In the Shadow of the Sun, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec, Canada
  • 1989: Indian Art'89, Woodland Cultural Centre, Brantford, Ontario, Canada
  • 1989: Beyond History, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • 1992: The Columbus Boat, The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada
  • 1992: The Columbus Boat, The Weil Gallery, Corpus Christie State University, Texas
  • 1992: The Columbus Suite, Two Rivers Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • 1992: The Columbus Suite, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
  • 1992: Colours of Humanity, The Sky Dome, Toronto, Canada
  • 1992: Look Ma, No Mortgage, Arnold Gottlieb Gallery, Toronto, Canada
  • 1992: Ufundi Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
  • 1992: Land, Spirit and Power - First Nations, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
  • 1992: Indigena, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec, Canada
  • 1992: La Parete Gallery, Toronto, Canada
  • 1993: Indian Territories, Renee Fotouhi Fine Art East, Long Island, NY
  • 1993: Adobe Project: Living in Mother Earth, London Regional Art Gallery and Historical Museum, London, Ontario, Canada
  • 1993: Land, Spirit and Power, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
  • 1993: The Columbus Suite, The Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
  • 1993: Arnold Gottlieb Gallery, Toronto, Canada
  • 1993: The Columbus Suite, Gettysburg College Art Gallery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
  • 1993: Fragile Power: Explorations of Men, Newton Art Centre, Newtonville, Massachusetts
  • 1993: Burying the Ruler, International Symposium - Native American Art Association Panel Member, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • 1993: Earth, Spirit and Power - Within the Shadow of the Sun, The York Quay Gallery, Toronto, Canada
  • 1993: Indigena, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  • 1994: Land Spirit and Power, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas
  • 1994: Reading the Language of Culture, Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton, Canada
  • 1994: Land, Spirit and Power, Nickel Arts Museum, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • 1994: McMichael Canadian Collection, Kleinberg, Ontario, Canada
  • 1995: Indian Time, Brandts Klaederfabrik, Odense, Denmark
  • 1995: Leon V-Idea, Genoa, Italy
  • 1995: Via Farini, Milan, Italy
  • 1995: Neon Arts Contemporanea, Bologna, Italy
  • 1995: Four Italian Exhibitions of Columbus Boat, De Leon White Gallery, Toronto, Canada
  • 1995: Circolo Arcimboldo, La Spezia, Italy
  • 1996: Oh! Canada. Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
  • 1997: Margins: Food/Shelter, De Leon White Gallery, Toronto, Canada
  • 1997: Environmental Canada Project, McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Canada
  • 1997: Transitions, Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris, France
  • 1997: Notification, The Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
  • 1990: New Works, De Leon White Gallery, Toronto, Canada
  • 1999: Epistemological Reconstruction Work, De Leon White Gallery, Toronto, Canada
  • 2000: Reconstructing Reason: the Koan of Carl Beam, Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
  • 2000: Group Show: Works from Novak Graphics, Shanghai, China
  • 2001: The Whale of Our Being, De Leon White Gallery, Toronto, Canada
  • 2002: Shamans and Ravens: Carl Beam, Deleon White Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • 2002: Selected Works, Steel City Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
  • 2002: The Whale of Our Being, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Canada
  • 2003: Feigned Memories, The University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
  • 2003: Gatherings, National Museum Of History, Taiwan
  • 2003: It's all Connected: Carl & Ann Beam, Gardiner Ceramic Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • 2004: It's all Relative: Carl, Ann & Anong Beam, Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
  • 2005: Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
  • 2005: Art Gallery of Minden, Minden, Ontario, Canada
  • 2005: Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
  • 2005: The Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada

Retrospective Exhibitions:

  • 2006: Carl Beam: Breaking the Rules, Galerie d’art Vincent, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  • 2011: Carl Beam, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (Oct. 2010 - Jan. 2011)
  • 2011: Exhibition of Works by Carl Beam, La Parete Gallery, Toronto (April - May, 2011)

Collections

  • The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
  • The Museum of Civilization, Ottawa, Ontario
  • The Canada Art Bank - Canada Council
  • The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
  • The Vancouver Art Gallery, British Columbia
  • The Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY
  • The McMichael Collection of Canadian Art, Kleinberg, Ontario
  • The Calgary Nickel Arts Museum, Alberta

Articles

Awards

  • 2000: The Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
  • 2005: The Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts

Artwork

Title Last Sold At Auction
UNTITLED 2011-01 (January 2011)
"I" & "XII" 2022-03 (March 2022)
"II" & "XXIV" 2022-03 (March 2022)
"V", "XVIII", "XX" 2021-09 (September 2021)
"XVI" & "XXV" 2021-09 (September 2021)
'EAGLE CHILD' & 'OTTER ROBE' 2020-08 (August 2020)
'IN THE COSMOS' 2020-08 (August 2020)
AQUIRE KOAN; FEATHER/RULER; THIN RED LINE; GROWING THREATS 2009-03 (March 2009)
ELVIS 2018-08 (August 2018)
FAMILY 2020-03 (March 2020)
FAST REACTOR 2012-05 (May 2012)
HAIDA FIGURES-LA LUNA-EL ARBOL 2020-08 (August 2020)
IN THE MEDICINE LODGE-ARIKARA/DETECTING AND MEASURING RADIOACT 2013-07 (July 2013)
LAST QUARTER MOON/ INDIAN CHIEF 2013-04 (April 2013)
LONG BOX/SITTING BULL 2013-04 (April 2013)
LUNAR ECLIPSE/HOW TO READ THE LINES OF THE HAND 2011-12 (December 2011)
LUNAR ECLIPSE/SATELITES 2020-11 (November 2020)
MEDICINE 84 2010-08 (August 2010)
MESCAL HARVEST/CUTTING MESCAL/EL GALLO/LA CORONA 2019-04 (April 2019)
NEO - GLYPHS 1; NEO - GLYPHS 2 2010-09 (September 2010)
NEO-GLYPHS 1; NEO-GLYPHS 2 2010-12 (December 2010)
NEON RAVEN/LA CORONA 2019-03 (March 2019)
NEWBORN/LA CALAVERA 2019-03 (March 2019)
OJIBWAY LANGUAGE LESSON; GREEN PEPPERS; WEST BAY DUMP; FEATHER (MIGWAMS) 2009-01 (January 2009)
PEELING BLUBBER - RESPIRATORY AND DIGESTIVE SYSTEMS 2018-05 (May 2018)
PRAIRIE WEDDING 2010-09 (September 2010)
SNAKE PRIESTS/SPACE TRAVEL 2019-03 (March 2019)
STRIPPING THE BLUBBER - HEAD 2018-02 (February 2018)
TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE/THE SUN/APSAROKES 2013-06 (June 2013)
TRAFFIC 2012-01 (January 2012)
TWO PORTRAITS/SKULL 2019-04 (April 2019)
UNTITLED 2010-11 (November 2010)
UNTITLED (CHIEF JOSEPH AND OTHERS) 2018-07 (July 2018)
UNTITLED (DB 20 - PARROT - PIG) 2020-08 (August 2020)
UNTITLED (EAGLE/SITTING BULL) 2017-10 (October 2017)
UNTITLED (GROUP PHOTO) 2017-12 (December 2017)
UNTITLED (HANDS & CHILDREN) 2018-07 (July 2018)
UNTITLED (HONEY BEES - YOUNG QUEEN) 2019-09 (September 2019)
UNTITLED (INDIGENOUS CHIEF - ALBERT EINSTEIN) 2021-05 (May 2021)
UNTITLED (MOUNTAIN CAMP SITES - UNBORN - FU ) 2019-09 (September 2019)
UNTITLED (SEATED FIGURE WITH PIPES - DISTANCE TORNADO) 2020-08 (August 2020)
UNTITLED (SITTING BULL) 2018-03 (March 2018)
UNTITLED (UNBORN-JOKER-CHIEF) 2017-10 (October 2017)
UNTITLED (WHALERS/HEAD ANATOMY) 2019-03 (March 2019)
YOUNG SISTER/ANGEL 2019-04 (April 2019)
‘2000’ 2018-01 (January 2018)
"VI", "XIII", "XXII" 2022-03 (March 2022)
...HOMAGE TO THE GREAT WHALE OF OUR COLLECTIVE BEING... 2020-12 (December 2020)
2 BALD EAGLES 2013-10 (October 2013)
A BURIAL PLATFORM - APSAROKE (EL GORRITO, EL SOL, LA CORONA) 2022-03 (March 2022)
A HAIDA OF KUNG/THE OLDEST MAN OF NOOTKA/DEEP SPACE 2020-11 (November 2020)
A HESQUIAT MAIDEN (EL ARPA) (THE BOX IN WHICH 'NOTHING' OCCURS.) 2023-10 (October 2023)
A PAINTED TIPI - ASSINIBOIN - PROPERTY LINES - KING OF DIAMONDS 2022-06 (June 2022)
A PAINTED TIPI - ASSINIBOIN/PIG 2019-03 (March 2019)
A RIGHT WHALE ON THE PLATFORM AT THE WHALING STATION AT AKUTAN IN THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS 2022-04 (April 2022)
A SNAKE PRIEST AND ANGEL 2013-02 (February 2013)
A SUCCESSFUL RAID FOR HORSES - APSAROKE; LOTERIA TABLA 7 2012-12 (December 2012)
ADULT BULL SPERM WHALE/THREE WOODSMEN 2018-03 (March 2018)
ADULT SPERM BULL WHALE 2012-06 (June 2012)
ALBERT IN THE BLUE ZONE 2018-05 (May 2018)
AMERICAN BISON (BISON BISON) 2022-03 (March 2022)
AMERICAN BISON/JOKER 2013-02 (February 2013)
AMERICAN BISON/THE SOLAR SYSTEM 2018-01 (January 2018)
ANATOMY #3 - ...OVERHEARD ON T.V..'LIQUIDATE'... 2021-08 (August 2021)
ANATOMY LESSON 1 2021-08 (August 2021)
ANATOMY LESSONS FOR MODERN TIMES 2021-08 (August 2021)
ANGEL AND SPERM WHALES 2015-05 (May 2015)
ANONG AND I IN THE FLOWER THAT IS HER YOUTH AND OPTIMISM....3 BURNT-OUT SPACES 2022-04 (April 2022)
ARIKARA MEDICINE CEREMONY - DANCE OF THE FRATERNITY (X Y) 2023-12 (December 2023)
ARIKARA MEDICINE CEREMONY DANCE OF THE FRATERNITY (TS'UI) 2023-10 (October 2023)
ARIKARA MEDICINE CEREMONY/DÜRER 2020-12 (December 2020)
B - SINGING TO THE SNAKES - SHIPAULOVI 2013-02 (February 2013)
BACKGROUND RADIATION/IONIZATION/FIGURE 2013-11 (November 2013)
BARBARA 2018-08 (August 2018)
BASKET CARRIER 2012-12 (December 2012)
BLUE WHALE CARCASS/EL CORAZON 2018-03 (March 2018)
BOX 4 2013-02 (February 2013)
BOX; VIEW NEAR SUDBURY, ONTARIO; WORKMEN POSING; RED BOX 2009-03 (March 2009)
BRULÉ WAR PARTY - EL CORAZON 2022-06 (June 2022)
BUFFALO-VOYAGER (JUPITER/SATURN) 2020-08 (August 2020)
BUFFALO/SATELLITES 2019-04 (April 2019)
BUILD LIKE NATURE - CHEN 2022-06 (June 2022)
BURIAL PLATFORM 2012-06 (June 2012)
BURIED IMAGES 2012-09 (September 2012)
CARIBOU/DANCING TO RESTORE AN ECLISPED MOON 2013-10 (October 2013)
CARIBOU/S. TOME E PRINCIP/LI/TA CH'U/TA YU 2022-02 (February 2022)
CELINE 2018-08 (August 2018)
CHER 2018-08 (August 2018)
CHEYENNE WARRIORS/TORNADO 2020-07 (July 2020)
CHIA JEN/TURTLE 2022-07 (July 2022)
CHIEF JOSEPH IN THE PROCESS OF NEGOTIATING HIS RIGHTFUL BEING 2021-06 (June 2021)
CHIEF JOSEPH-PROFESSOR MEANY-RED THUNDER 2017-10 (October 2017)
COLLECTIVE BOX 2018-07 (July 2018)
COLUMBUS AND BEES 2022-07 (July 2022)
DAKOTA SIOUX DANCE SHIRT/KOMET HALLEY 2013-07 (July 2013)
DEEP-SKY OBJECTS/YOUNG WOMAN 2021-12 (December 2021)
EARTH - HOUSE 2020-08 (August 2020)
EARTH FROM APOLLO (HILLS) 2023-12 (December 2023)
EARTH FROM APOLLO/THE PIKI MAKER 2013-04 (April 2013)
EINSTEIN STUDIES 2011-03 (March 2011)
EINSTEIN WITH VIOLIN/OTERIA TABLA 8 2020-12 (December 2020)
EL PARAGUAS/LA SIRENA/EL GALLO/YOUNG WOMAN 2022-02 (February 2022)
ELK HEAD AND THE SACRED PIPE BUNDLE - PHOSPHORESCENCE 2020-10 (October 2020)
ELLIPTICAL GALAXY (VOYAGER-SONDE) 2023-12 (December 2023)
ELLIPTICAL GALAXY/CEREMONIAL COSTUME OF HEMLOCK BOUGHS 2022-09 (September 2022)
ELSA 2020-10 (October 2020)
FLATHEAD TYPE/PROFILE- JOKERS 2020-08 (August 2020)
FLUX 2022-09 (September 2022)
FLUX AREA...THE ZONE WHERE NOTHING HAPPENS 2022-04 (April 2022)
FRAGILE SKIES 2011-01 (January 2011)
FRIENDS OF THE INDIAN/THE WEST/LA LUNA/EL ARBOL 2022-09 (September 2022)
GAMBLER-PIEGAN - DOUBLE RUNNER PIEGAN - STORM 2021-06 (June 2021)
GERONIMO STATES OF BEING 2 2010-10 (October 2010)
GERONIMO - STATES OF BEING 2 2010-12 (December 2010)
GREEN FLASH - CENTAURI - PLANNING A RAID 2022-06 (June 2022)
GROWING THREATS TO FRAGILE SKIES/SUNG 2022-02 (February 2022)
HEAD (K’UN) 2014-10 (October 2014)
HEAD/WORKING IN THE DARK, UNLIT RECESSES OF EMPTY MINDS IS GENERALLY DIFFICULT WORK 2022-04 (April 2022)
HLEASTŪNŪH-SKOKOMISM / PUGET SOUND TYPE (LA ROSA) 2023-10 (October 2023)
HORSE RIDERS/INFRA-RED RADIATION 2020-07 (July 2020)
HOW TO GET A GOOD JOB/LA BOTA 2022-09 (September 2022)
HUPA FEMALE SHAMAN (TORNADO) 2022-03 (March 2022)
IN THE DESERT OF ABSURDITY (CH'IEN) 2022-03 (March 2022)
IN THE GRAY MORNING - SAN ILDEFONSO/LÜ 2021-10 (October 2021)
INCENSE OVER A MEDICINE BUNDLE - HIDATSA 2010-11 (November 2010)
INCENSE OVER A MEDICINE BUNDLE - EL CAMARON - EL CORAZON 2020-10 (October 2020)
JESUS/AMERICAN BISON 2019-04 (April 2019)
JOHN LENNON; MADONNA; ELVIS; CELINE; CHER; OM (EINSTEIN); BARBARA 2011-01 (January 2011)
JUPITER’S MOON GANYMEDE 2011-07 (July 2011)
KEITH 2018-08 (August 2018)
KEITH, BARBARA, CELINE, CHER 2016-03 (March 2016)
K’UN - 47 OPPRESSION 2012-05 (May 2012)
LA CALAVERA - TWO JOKERS 2019-12 (December 2019)
LA CORONA/UNBORN 2021-10 (October 2021)
LA MANO/PIG 2019-03 (March 2019)
LA MONA PONDEROSA - CHEYENNE WARRIORS 2019-12 (December 2019)
LA SIRENA/WHALERS 2019-04 (April 2019)
LABOR - NOÅPEH AND PSIHDJÄ-SÁHPA 2020-10 (October 2020)
LOPEZ 2010-12 (December 2010)
MADONNA 2018-08 (August 2018)
MATO-TOPE/ORBIT OF EARTH 2019-03 (March 2019)
MEDICINE 84 2010-12 (December 2010)
MEETING OF TWO LINES...FORMS A CROSS - LIFE 2020-12 (December 2020)
MILKY WAY/SKELETAL SYSTEM 2013-11 (November 2013)
MOHAVE CHIEF/MAT STAMS CHIEF/CENTAURI, ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT/GREEN 2022-02 (February 2022)
MOHAVE CHIEF/MAT STAMS MARICORA/EL PINO/LA SANDIA/EL TAMBOR 2022-09 (September 2022)
MOON/LONE FLAG-ATSINA/NO BEAR-ATSINA 2013-08 (August 2013)
MY WIFE ANN & I IN NATURE - 'Q' & 'K' CARDS 2021-06 (June 2021)
NATIVE MEN TELL OF RAPE 2017-10 (October 2017)
NATURE STUDY (HANDS/BEES) 2013-01 (January 2013)
NATURE STUDY (RABBIT/PIGS) 2012-12 (December 2012)
NATURE STUDY (SALMON/CHART) 2012-12 (December 2012)
NATURE STUDY (SALMON/TWO CHARTS) 2012-12 (December 2012)
NATURE STUDY (SOLAR SYSTEM/BALD EAGLE) 2013-01 (January 2013)
NO X - ....THE ANATOMY OF SILVER THE QUALITY VARIES...IN ALL THE SPECIMENS... 2021-08 (August 2021)
NON SEQUITER 2013-01 (January 2013)
NOTHING OCCURS HERE 2021-04 (April 2021)
NUCLEAR FUSION/SKULL 2016-01 (January 2016)
NUDES - MEN AND WHALES - LA CALAVERA 2020-08 (August 2020)
NULL SPACE - THE PEACE-OFFICER-KALISPEL 2018-02 (February 2018)
NULL SPACE/PORTRAIT 2022-09 (September 2022)
OM (EINSTEIN) 2017-11 (November 2017)
ON THE BEACH - CHINOOK/HENG 2021-10 (October 2021)
OPEN CLUSTER/FAST ELK 2019-03 (March 2019)
ORBIT-CEREMONIAL DANCE 2017-11 (November 2017)
OVERLOOKING THE CAMP/FAST REACTOR 2019-04 (April 2019)
PIG/TA KUO 2020-12 (December 2020)
PIGS/CHIEFS/PROF. MEANY 2013-06 (June 2013)
PIOPIO-MAKSMAKS/MICROWAVES 2013-05 (May 2013)
PLAINS INDIAN ARROWS/CROW SHIELD AND SCALP/THE WEST 387 2013-02 (February 2013)
PLAINS INDIAN ARROWS; CROW SHIELDS AND SCALP; MANDAN INDIANS; MATO-TOPE 2012-12 (December 2012)
PLANET/A MOUNTAIN CAMP - YAKIMA/A CAMP OF THE YAKIMA 2022-09 (September 2022)
PLANETS/SUPERFICIAL MUSCLES OF SHOULDER, NECK AND FORELIMB 2022-04 (April 2022)
PORTRAIT OF ANONG, MY DAUGHTER AS A SHOOTING STAR 2021-06 (June 2021)
PORTRAIT OF ANONGONSE MIGWAMS BEAM AS A YOUNG STAR...IN OUR COLLECTIVE COSMOS 2022-05 (May 2022)
PORTRAIT OF THE NORTH AMERICAN NEBULA/PROFILE STUDY 2013-11 (November 2013)
PORTRAITS/CHIN 2022-07 (July 2022)
PORTRAITS/JESTER/BLACK BOX 2022-09 (September 2022)
POTATO ROAN (WHAT A POTATO REALLY LOOKS LIKE...) 2020-12 (December 2020)
PRETTY IN PINK 2021-06 (June 2021)
PROFILE PORTRAIT/MING I/CHIEH 2019-03 (March 2019)
PROFILE STUDY 2012-12 (December 2012)
PROPERTY LINE (TORNADO - POLLUTION) 2023-10 (October 2023)
PROTECTION BEING (EAGLE + 80) 2015-03 (March 2015)
QUADRANT 1 & 2 2019-12 (December 2019)
QUANTUM THEORY 2020-08 (August 2020)
RED BOX/UNITED STATES POSTAGE-14 CENTS 2013-05 (May 2013)
RED CLOUD/MOSQUITO HAWK/MENG 2022-02 (February 2022)
RED/BOX 2012-11 (November 2012)
RESIDENTAL SCHOOLS: AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF GENOCIDE 2017-10 (October 2017)
ROLLING STONE 2010-11 (November 2010)
RULERS 2022-09 (September 2022)
SATELLITES/ATLANTIC SALMON/STEELHEAD TROUT 2013-08 (August 2013)
SATSALATKSA - SKOKOMISH 2012-11 (November 2012)
SATURN'S MOON THETHYS/SKULL FRAGMENTS 2022-02 (February 2022)
SELF PORTRAIT AT THE WHITE SANDS MISSILE BASE IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO 2021-06 (June 2021)
SELF-PORTRAIT AS JOHN WAYNE - CIRC 1948-9? - PROBABLY 2020-12 (December 2020)
SITTING BULL - COLUMBUS - LA CAMPANA - LA ROSA 2022-06 (June 2022)
SITTING BULL - LA CAMPANA 2021-06 (June 2021)
SITTING BULL; HEAD MIXED 2012-11 (November 2012)
SKULL (TYPES OF FISSION REACTOR) 2014-10 (October 2014)
SKULL - A HAIDA OF KUNG - THE OLDEST MAN OF NOUTKA 2019-12 (December 2019)
SKULL/BOX AREA 2013-05 (May 2013)
SLAG HEAPS NEAR SUDBURY; NULL SPACE; NULL SET; BONE KOAN 2009-02 (February 2009)
SNAKE DANCER IN COSTUME 2020-08 (August 2020)
SNAKE DANCER IN COSTUME - YÜ 2020-10 (October 2020)
SOLAR ECLIPSE/NAVAHO 2013-10 (October 2013)
SPACE - NOTHING OCCURS HERE 2020-08 (August 2020)
SPECTATORS AT THE SNAKE DANCE - CHIEN 2021-06 (June 2021)
SPERM WHALES 2012-06 (June 2012)
SPIRIT OF THE EAGLE 2016-09 (September 2016)
SQUAMISH GIRL/JESUS 2019-05 (May 2019)
STATEMENTS 2019-09 (September 2019)
SUNSPOT PROGRESSION/SUNSPOT SERIES; BISON 2013-04 (April 2013)
SUPERFICIAL MUSCLES OF SHOULDER, NECK AND FORELIMB (TRAFFIC LIGHT) 2023-12 (December 2023)
SUPERFICIAL MUSCLES/RELATIONS OF THE BRAIN 2021-10 (October 2021)
TALL PINES - RELATIONS OF THE BRAIN 2020-08 (August 2020)
THE EAGLE CATCHER - DIOXIN 2022-06 (June 2022)
THE EAGLE-CATCHER/SUN 2020-12 (December 2020)
THE GREAT DIE - UP/S.TOME E PRINCIP 2022-02 (February 2022)
THE GREAT DIE-UP/COMMON EUROPEAN BEE 2013-06 (June 2013)
THE JOKER - THE WAR DANCE 2012-05 (May 2012)
THE MOON/GROUP PHOTO 2013-06 (June 2013)
THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN/LUNAR ELCLIPSE 2013-04 (April 2013)
THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS IN EARLY PHOTOGRAPHS - FL DIAGLITO-LA MUERTE 2019-12 (December 2019)
THE OATH-USEFUL CONSTANTS 2017-11 (November 2017)
THE OATH/USEFUL CONSTANTS 2013-10 (October 2013)
THE POTTER - SANTA CLARA/LA BANDERA/EL BANDOLON/EL VIOLONCELLO 2022-09 (September 2022)
THE PURE WHALE OF OUR COLLECTIVE BEING 2020-12 (December 2020)
THE SCOUT'S REPORT (TORNADO) 2023-10 (October 2023)
THE SEVENTH DIRECTION 2010-12 (December 2010)
THE SOLAR SYSTEM (LA MANO PODEROSA) 2021-01 (January 2021)
THE SOLAR SYSTEM - JUPITER AND MARS FROM EARTH/PIOPIO-MAKSMAKS, PROFILE 2022-04 (April 2022)
THE SOLAR SYSTEM - LUNAR ECLIPSE / THE SMELT FISHER - TRINIDAD YUROK 2023-12 (December 2023)
THE SOLAR SYSTEM/IN THE FOREST - KLAMATH 2022-07 (July 2022)
THE WHALE OF OUR BEING 2022-04 (April 2022)
THE WHALE OF OUR BEING (ALBERT EINSTEIN) 2021-01 (January 2021)
THE WHALE OF OUR BEING (CHIN/MINGI/CHIEH/HUMPBACK WHALE) 2021-03 (March 2021)
THE WHALE OF OUR COLLECTIVE BEING (TORNADO) 2021-01 (January 2021)
THE WHALE OF OUR COLLECTIVE BEING (WHALE - TORNADO) 2021-03 (March 2021)
THE WIFE OF SPOTTED TAIL (VALUES OF QUANTITES) 2014-10 (October 2014)
THE WIFE OF SPOTTED TAIL, A BRULE DAKOTA 2012-11 (November 2012)
THE WINDS OF OUR BEING 2021-04 (April 2021)
THE WINDS OF OUR BEING (THE POTTER - TORNADO) 2021-03 (March 2021)
THE WINDS OF OUR COLLECTIVE BEING 2020-08 (August 2020)
THIN RED LINE 2021-04 (April 2021)
THREE GRAVESIDE FIGURES 2011-01 (January 2011)
TIME 2012-12 (December 2012)
TORNADO - ADULT BULL SPERM WHALE 2020-10 (October 2020)
TORNADO/TS'UI 2022-09 (September 2022)
TORTOISE/A PIEGAN PLAY TIPI 2013-08 (August 2013)
TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE/THE SUN/WOLF LIES DOWN - APSAROKE 2022-09 (September 2022)
TRACKING THE DOPPLER (RED CLOUD - MOSQUITO HAWK - TORNADO) 2021-03 (March 2021)
TRAFFIC 2022-03 (March 2022)
TRAFFIC LIGHTS/HOW TO GET A GOOD JOB 2022-07 (July 2022)
TWO KINDS OF POWER 2022-09 (September 2022)
TWO PORTRAITS (TA CHUANG) 2021-01 (January 2021)
UNBORN/QUEEN AND KING 2022-07 (July 2022)
UNBORN/THE OATH 2013-06 (June 2013)
UNTITLED 2013-01 (January 2013)
UNTITLED 2018-02 (February 2018)
UNTITLED 2022-11 (November 2022)
UNTITLED 2022-11 (November 2022)
UNTITLED 2022-11 (November 2022)
UNTITLED 2022-11 (November 2022)
UNTITLED 2022-11 (November 2022)
UNTITLED 2012-01 (January 2012)
UNTITLED 2018-05 (May 2018)
UNTITLED (1/2 - CHIEF) 2019-12 (December 2019)
UNTITLED (A Z) 2013-01 (January 2013)
UNTITLED (A HESQUIAT MAIDEN - T'AI) 2020-08 (August 2020)
UNTITLED (A SUCCESSFUL RAID FOR HORSES - ROCKETS/SATELLITES) 2019-11 (November 2019)
UNTITLED (A) 2013-01 (January 2013)
UNTITLED (ADULT SPERM BULL WHALE-CHRIST) 2019-11 (November 2019)
UNTITLED (ANTARES REGION/JC2944 & NGC3766/YOUNG INDIGENOUS CHILD) 2021-03 (March 2021)
UNTITLED (APSAROKE WAR-CHIEF/EL DIABLITO/ LA MUERTE) 2021-03 (March 2021)
UNTITLED (BLUE EARTH - POLLUTERS) 2019-11 (November 2019)
UNTITLED (BREACHING WHALE/TORNADO) 2021-03 (March 2021)
UNTITLED (CHIEF - FEATHER) 2017-12 (December 2017)
UNTITLED (EDWARD S. CURTIS - THE JESTER) 2021-05 (May 2021)
UNTITLED (ELIPSE - BOATMEN) 2018-02 (February 2018)
UNTITLED (EXECUTION) 2012-05 (May 2012)
UNTITLED (FIN WHALE - MING I - CHIEH) 2019-09 (September 2019)
UNTITLED (GALAXY-SEI WHALE) 2019-11 (November 2019)
UNTITLED (GALAXY/SEI WHALE 2013-03 (March 2013)
UNTITLED (GROUP PHOTO - NEW BORN - CHRIST - SOW) 2021-05 (May 2021)
UNTITLED (HARE - ADAM & EVE BY A. DÜRER) 2021-05 (May 2021)
UNTITLED (HUMPBACK WHALE/CELEBRATION WITH ARROWS) 2017-08 (August 2017)
UNTITLED (INFANT XRAY) 2019-09 (September 2019)
UNTITLED (JOKER/EAGLE CLAWS) 2018-01 (January 2018)
UNTITLED (K'UN - NEON RAVEN) 2019-11 (November 2019)
UNTITLED (KING OF CLUBS/PEELING BLUBBER) 2013-03 (March 2013)
UNTITLED (MOON/CHIEFS) 2013-05 (May 2013)
UNTITLED (MOUNTAINS - SPERM WHALE) 2017-11 (November 2017)
UNTITLED (NEWBORN/JOKER/CHIEF) 2013-08 (August 2013)
UNTITLED (ON THE LOOKOUT/EDWARD S. CURTIS) 2021-04 (April 2021)
UNTITLED (PIONEERS) 2017-08 (August 2017)
UNTITLED (PLANET) 2013-10 (October 2013)
UNTITLED (PLANET/BLUE WHALE) 2013-03 (March 2013)
UNTITLED (S B) 2013-11 (November 2013)
UNTITLED (SITTING BULL - WORKERS) 2017-12 (December 2017)
UNTITLED (SITTING BULL) 2017-10 (October 2017)
UNTITLED (SPERM WHALES/INDIAN CHIEF) 2013-03 (March 2013)
UNTITLED (THE MEETING) 2017-10 (October 2017)
UNTITLED (THE SOLAR SYSTEM/SEI WHALE) 2013-03 (March 2013)
UNTITLED (WARRIOR - ANATOMY) 2019-09 (September 2019)
UNTITLED (WARRIOR/V) 2020-11 (November 2020)
UNTITLED (WHALING GUN/ARTERIES OF THE NECK AND HEAD) 2013-03 (March 2013)
UNTITLED (WHEELS - HEAD) 2019-12 (December 2019)
URANUS'S MOON (BRICKLAYER) 2023-12 (December 2023)
URANUS’S MOON OBERON/ URANUS’S MOON UMBRICK/ INDIAN CORN 2012-03 (March 2012)
URANUS’S MOON OBERON/URANUS’S MOON UMBRIEL/A BABY APSAROKE/A WOMAN APSAROKE 2013-11 (November 2013)
URANUS’S RINGS/ JUPITER’S MOON GANYMEDE/THE OATH 2012-03 (March 2012)
VARIOUS CONCERNS OF THE ARTIST 2010-12 (December 2010)
VARIOUS STUDIES 2013-04 (April 2013)
VIEW FROM ATLANTIS 2019-11 (November 2019)
WARRIOR ON LOOKOUT (TORNADO) 2021-03 (March 2021)
WAXING GIBBONS MOON (UNBORN / CRUXIFICATIONS) 2023-10 (October 2023)
WHALERS-MUSCLES, ANTERIOR VIEW 2018-05 (May 2018)
WHITE BUFFALO 2020-11 (November 2020)
WHITE BUFFALO CHRONICLES 2020-10 (October 2020)
WHITE SHIELD-ARIKARA/COMMON QUANTITIES 2013-07 (July 2013)
WING PRIMORE DIAL 2011-01 (January 2011)
WISHHAM WOMAN/WIND OF OUR BEING 2020-11 (November 2020)
YOUNG QUEEN/BOX 2019-03 (March 2019)
‘PERFECT POTATO’ 2017-12 (December 2017)
“E”(SITTING BULL); THE POISONS AROUND US; SEARCH FOR MISSING MAN 2009-02 (February 2009)
“ZEITGEIST” 2016-11 (November 2016)

Recent Auction Results

THE SOLAR SYSTEM - LUNAR ECLIPSE / THE SMELT FISHER - TRINIDAD YUROK
Estimate: 150 — 200
Sold: Dec 2023 — Sold For: $209.10
SUPERFICIAL MUSCLES OF SHOULDER, NECK AND FORELIMB (TRAFFIC LIGHT)
Estimate: 150 — 200
Sold: Dec 2023 — Sold For: $221.40
EARTH FROM APOLLO (HILLS)
Estimate: 150 — 200
Sold: Dec 2023 — Sold For: $184.50
URANUS'S MOON (BRICKLAYER)
Estimate: 150 — 200
Sold: Dec 2023 — Sold For: $221.40
ELLIPTICAL GALAXY (VOYAGER-SONDE)
Estimate: 150 — 200
Sold: Dec 2023 — Sold For: $270.60
ARIKARA MEDICINE CEREMONY - DANCE OF THE FRATERNITY (X Y)
Estimate: 150 — 200
Sold: Dec 2023 — Sold For: $221.40

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