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  • Michael Massie, 9 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (24.1 x 29.2 cm.)
    Apr. 17, 2024

    Michael Massie, 9 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (24.1 x 29.2 cm.)

    Est: $1,500 - $2,000

    Michael Massie, a grey stone carving titled Mythical Mask, inset with bone and wooden walrus mask, signed and dated '16.

    Maynards Fine Art & Antiques
  • Michael Massie, 11 1/4 x 9 x 4 in. (28.6 x 22.9 x 10.2 cm.)
    Oct. 25, 2023

    Michael Massie, 11 1/4 x 9 x 4 in. (28.6 x 22.9 x 10.2 cm.)

    Est: $1,500 - $2,500

    Michael Massie, a white stone carving titled "Sitting Atop a Small Rock- Thinking About The Thinker", inset with bone, ebony, brass, and bloodwood.

    Maynards Fine Art & Antiques
  • Michael Massie, 3 3/4 x 12 x 2 1/2 in. (9.5 x 30.5 x 6.4 cm.)
    Oct. 25, 2023

    Michael Massie, 3 3/4 x 12 x 2 1/2 in. (9.5 x 30.5 x 6.4 cm.)

    Est: $1,000 - $1,500

    Michael Massie, a green stone carving titled "Healing the Wounded Spirit", inset with bone, ebony, bloodwood , and signed and dated '08.

    Maynards Fine Art & Antiques
  • Michael Massie, 2 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (7 x 9.5 cm.)
    Oct. 25, 2023

    Michael Massie, 2 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (7 x 9.5 cm.)

    Est: $3,000 - $4,000

    Michael Massie, a round hammered silver bowl with interior decorated with syllabics, and supported on a stand made up of three ulu's, titled "Looking Out for Each Other Bowl".

    Maynards Fine Art & Antiques
  • Michael Massie (Inuit-Metis-Scottish, b. 1962) Gray Tea, 1996
    Sep. 09, 2022

    Michael Massie (Inuit-Metis-Scottish, b. 1962) Gray Tea, 1996

    Est: $3,000 - $5,000

    Michael Massie (Inuit-Metis-Scottish, b. 1962) Gray Tea, 1996 silver and walrus ivory signed and dated on base height 6-3/4 inches x length 7-3/4 inches x width 6 inches Exhibited: May 5 - September 4, 2006. Silver and Stone: The Art of Michael Massie. The Provincial Art Gallery, St. John's, Newfoundland. Published: Hickey, Gloria: Silver and Stone: The Art of Michael Massie (2006: 52-53) [copy included] The crescent shape of the ulu has inspired the design on Michael Massie's silver work for at least the past ten years. It helped to establish his recognizable style of geometric shapes, elegant lines, and a contemporary character for Inuit art. Both boa-tea (1996) and gray tea (1996) are based on ulu forms, although strikingly different...gray tea is irregular, squat, and has a vertical, carved walrus tusk handle. The ulu shape is discernible from above, but from the rear, it is a cubist's adept collision of angles. From the side, the squat silver form sits on [walrus] feet that, according to Massie, take the inspiration from Marvin the Martian, a cartoon character from Bugs Bunny. "Whenever Marvin got zapped all you could see was his feet poking out from under his helmet--that's the Martian look I wanted." (Silver and Stone, 2006: 52)

    Hindman
  • A Michael Massie sculpture, 'Mode to Stealth'
    May. 01, 2020

    A Michael Massie sculpture, 'Mode to Stealth'

    Est: $1,500 - $2,000

    Michael Massie, R.C.A. Inuit, (b. 1962), 'Mode to Stealth,' bird in flight on pedestal base in alabaster, cedar, ebony and copper, signed and titled twice. height 8 1/4in, width 12 5/8in For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website

    Bonhams
  • A Michael Massie sculpture, 'I May or I May Not,' 2017
    May. 01, 2020

    A Michael Massie sculpture, 'I May or I May Not,' 2017

    Est: $1,500 - $2,000

    Michael Massie, R.C.A. Inuit/Metis, (b. 1962), 'I May or I May Not,' 2017, seated owl in alabaster, maple, bone, ebony, and copper, signed and dated on the underside. height 6in, width 8 3/4in For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website

    Bonhams
  • MICHAEL MASSIE (1962-), LAUGHING HIS ASS OFF, stone, wood, 6.5" x 9.5" x 6.5" — 16.5 x 24.1 x 16.5 cm.
    May. 30, 2017

    MICHAEL MASSIE (1962-), LAUGHING HIS ASS OFF, stone, wood, 6.5" x 9.5" x 6.5" — 16.5 x 24.1 x 16.5 cm.

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    MICHAEL MASSIE (1962-), HAPPY VALLEY GOOSE BAY, LABRADORLAUGHING HIS ASS OFFstone, wood, signed in Roman6.5" x 9.5" x 6.5" — 16.5 x 24.1 x 16.5 cm.Estimate: $2,000—3,000

    Waddington's
  • MICHAEL MASSIE (1962-), CREATIVITY OF THE SPIRIT: DISTANT RELATIONS, stone, bone, ebony, brass, 9" x 8" x 5" — 22.9 x 20.3 x 12.7 cm.
    May. 30, 2017

    MICHAEL MASSIE (1962-), CREATIVITY OF THE SPIRIT: DISTANT RELATIONS, stone, bone, ebony, brass, 9" x 8" x 5" — 22.9 x 20.3 x 12.7 cm.

    Est: $4,000 - $6,000

    MICHAEL MASSIE (1962-), HAPPY VALLEY GOOSE BAY, LABRADORCREATIVITY OF THE SPIRIT: DISTANT RELATIONSstone, bone, ebony, brass, signed and dated “Massie 13 Jan. 8”9" x 8" x 5" — 22.9 x 20.3 x 12.7 cm.Provenance:One of the most important artists from Labrador and easily one of the most inventive and skilled. Massie is known for his creative interpretations of teapots and mixed media works. In 1996 he gained recognition in the United States and began a seven year representation by Alaska on Madison Gallery in New York City. Later while represented by Spirit Wrestler Gallery in Vancouver, he was encouraged to work in the more traditional medium of stone. While his choice of materials and approach to carving would evolve over the years his theme of family and Inuit tradition would remain fairly consistent. Massie’s use of a once popular technique in France of inlaying metal in tiny points is not the only European influence evident in this work. Like Pitaloosie and Karoo before him, “Massie estimates that his own style of distortion owes as much to Picasso as to Inuit shamanism”.Literature:Gloria Hickey, Silver & Stone: The Art of Michael Massie, Inuit Art Quarterly, Winter 2006, page 25Estimate: $4,000—6,000

    Waddington's
  • MICHAEL MASSIE (1962-), THE AMBIVALENT SHAMAN, serpentine, bone, brass, wood, 8.75" x 8" x 2.75" — 22.9 x 97.8 x 7 cm.
    May. 30, 2017

    MICHAEL MASSIE (1962-), THE AMBIVALENT SHAMAN, serpentine, bone, brass, wood, 8.75" x 8" x 2.75" — 22.9 x 97.8 x 7 cm.

    Est: $3,000 - $5,000

    MICHAEL MASSIE (1962-), HAPPY VALLEY GOOSE BAY, LABRADORTHE AMBIVALENT SHAMANserpentine, bone, brass, wood, signed and dated in Roman8.75" x 8" x 2.75" — 22.9 x 97.8 x 7 cm.Literature:Michael Massie, Michael Massie 50 @ 50 - Celebration of Metal and Stone, Spirit Wrestler Gallery, Vancouver, 2012, (online source: spiritwrestler.com)Note:In an accompanying essay for this work in Spirit Wrestler Gallery’s 2012 exhibition catalogue for Michael Massie 50 @ 50 - Celebration of Metal and Stone, Massie sites his inspiration for this work from the bas-relief works he read about in George Swinton’s Sculpture of the Eskimo. “I began to work with those older pieces in mind. I don’t think that I was trying to replicate those pieces of the ‘50’s and ‘60’s... but was trying to get that idea of the relief across with the sparse detail that is given to the man. He emerges from the stone (in this case from the back of the owl), they become one - he melds into the owl or the owl melds into him. It doesn’t really matter which is which as we are all creatures that are connected in some way or another.” Massie continues, describing the man as being in a trance - obvious from the way “his eyes are rolled back. His hands have become wings holding the drum and the drum stick.” He also addresses the ‘Ambivalent’ theme of the work as referring to the two sides coexisting no matter how different they are.Estimate: $3,000—5,000

    Waddington's
  • MICHAEL MASSIE (1962-), SMILING FIGURE, stone, bone, wood, 2.5" x 2" x 1.5" — 6.4 x 5.1 x 3.8 cm.
    May. 30, 2017

    MICHAEL MASSIE (1962-), SMILING FIGURE, stone, bone, wood, 2.5" x 2" x 1.5" — 6.4 x 5.1 x 3.8 cm.

    Est: $600 - $900

    MICHAEL MASSIE (1962-), HAPPY VALLEY GOOSE BAY, LABRADORSMILING FIGUREstone, bone, wood, signed in Roman2.5" x 2" x 1.5" — 6.4 x 5.1 x 3.8 cm.Estimate: $600—900

    Waddington's
  • Michael Massie (b. 1962) Inuit Carved Soapstone Sculpture
    Jul. 13, 2014

    Michael Massie (b. 1962) Inuit Carved Soapstone Sculpture

    Est: $1,200 - $1,500

    Michael Massie (b. 1962) Inuit Carved Soapstone Sculpture "Metiphisico Aspect or Shaman", signed underfoot and to verso of mask. Height 18 1/2", width 10", depth 9 inches

    Link Auction Galleries
  • MICHAEL MASSIE (1962-), OWL, stone, 10" x 8.25" x 4" - 25.4 x 21 x 10.2 cm.
    May. 02, 2011

    MICHAEL MASSIE (1962-), OWL, stone, 10" x 8.25" x 4" - 25.4 x 21 x 10.2 cm.

    Est: $700 - $1,000

    MICHAEL MASSIE (1962-), Labrador OWL, stone, signed in Roman, 10" x 8.25" x 4" - 25.4 x 21 x 10.2 cm.

    Waddington's
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