This is a rare print by Master Northwest Coast First Nations artist Roy
Henry Vickers. Titled 'An Old Eagle' and numbered 6/50, this piece is so
evocative of the Pacific Northwest. Only fifty of these were ever made.
Two aging totem poles age in the rain: a vision of timelessness and
history. This print comes framed but can also be shipped out of the
glass on request. Framed it measures 27 inches by 20 inches.
Roy
Henry Vickers is a well-known and celebrated Tsimshian artist known for
his prints and carvings. He names Gitksan artist Vernon Stephens as an
influence. Roy is a past president of the Northwest Coast Indians
Artist’s Guild. In 1972, Roy trained at the Gitanmaax School of
Northwest Indian Art at 'Ksan in Hazelton, BC. In 1986, he built his own
gallery, Eagle Aerie, in Tofino, BC. A year later, in 1987, his
original painting A Meeting of Chiefs was presented to Queen Elizabeth
II as the province of BC's official gift at the Commonwealth Summit in
Vancouver, BC. In 1993, a serigraph titled The Homecoming was presented
to former US president, Bill Clinton, and former Soviet leader, Boris
Yeltsin, at the Vancouver Summit. His work was also represented at the
Commonwealth Games in Victoria, BC, in 1994. Roy received the Order of
British Columbia in 1998, and the Queen's Jubilee Medal in 2003. His
work can be found in both private and public collections around the
world, and has been featured in institutions including the Canadian
Museum of History in Gatineau, QC, the Museum of Anthropology in
Vancouver, BC, the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Kleinburg, ON,
and the National Museum of Ethnology in Osaka, Japan.
"seattle seahawks", "totem pole", "roy henry vickers", "northwest native", "haida art"