Lot 35
Untitled (Bear)
acrylic on birch bark
signed lower left
10.75 x 9.75 in (27.3 x 24.8 cm)
20.75 x 19.75 x 1 in (52.7 x 50.2 x 2.5 cm) including frame
PROVENANCE

The Jerry Litman Collection, Kenora;
By descent to present Private Collection, Winnipeg
As a resident of Kenora and later Winnipeg, Dr. Jerry Litman (1928 - 2020) brought a genuine excitement to collecting works of Indigenous art that reflected the communities in which he worked. Dr. Litman practiced as a dentist in remote areas of Ontario and Manitoba where there was limited access to dental services, and worked with Indigenous communities in these areas.
It was through this work that Litman encountered many remarkable artists, including Josh Kakegamic and Norval Morrisseau. With an eye for quality and a love for this flourishing art movement, Dr. Litman collected over 250 paintings by First Nations and Inuit artists.
Much of the Litman collection has been dispersed among museums and university collections close to the family's heart, notably the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg and "The Muse" - Douglas Family Art Centre in Kenora.

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Auction Estimate $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized: $420.00
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Ahmoo Angeconeb

1955 - 2017

Ahmoo Angeconeb was born in Sioux Lookout, Ontario, and raised in Whitefish Bay on the Lac Seul First Nation. He received his early education in the residential school system before attending Beaver Brae Secondary School in Kenora, Ontario. He pursued formal post-secondary visual arts studies at York University from 1976 to 1977, Humber College, and Dalhousie University from 1985 to 1989. During the 1970s and 1980s, he traveled extensively throughout Europe, Asia, and North Africa to study international artistic and graphic traditions. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario, in 1993.

Angeconeb worked across multiple mediums, including painting, printmaking, drawing, and stone carving. His artistic practice was grounded in Woodlands School traditions, incorporating Ojibwe iconography, clan symbols, and formline drawing while integrating elements from global Indigenous art forms and modern Western art. Alongside his studio practice, he served as an instructor of Native Studies at Dalhousie University and organized cultural exchange initiatives to promote contemporary Indigenous art internationally.

Angeconeb's artwork is represented in the permanent collections of public and museum institutions, including the Canadian Museum of History, the Royal Ontario Museum, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, the MacKenzie Art Gallery, and the McMichael Canadian Art Collection. His public monumental sculpture, Man from the Caribou Totem, is permanently installed at the entrance of the Thunder Bay Art Gallery. Internationally, his work is held in institutional collections including the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Osnabrück University in Germany. Following health complications in 2010, he adapted his studio practice to focus primarily on drawing until his death in 2017.

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