Artist Joe Norris
Title Untitled - Busy Lagoon
Media acrylic on paper board
Size 9.25 x 11.25 in. / 23.5 x 28.6 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; very minor cracking in board noted; framed

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$3,000-$4,000

Artist Joe Norris
Title Seabirds with Geometric Border
Media enamel on canvas
Dated 1980
Size 22 x 29.75 in. / 55.9 x 75.6 cm.

Notes
signed lower left; bears title and date on gallery label verso; framed

Reference
'[Joe Norris] is the champion of seagulls in the folk art realm. As a fisherman, he was used to the daily presence of gulls on the sea and on the land. From his earliest works to [his final] paintings, seagulls occupied a prominent place in Norris's work, as his signature piece... While many of Joe's seagull works evoke a carefree, humorous mood, they nonetheless show his imaginative interpretation of his physical environment and the bird kingdom... The penguin paintings, which seem so out of place amid his down-home Atlantic subjects, grew out of his affection for exotic creatures that he had seen on television.' - from Joe Norris: Painted Visions of Nova Scotia by Bernard Riordon, published by Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 2000

Provenance
Winchester Galleries, Victoria, label verso
Estimate CAD$2,000-$3,000

Artist Joe Norris
Title Untitled - Fishing off the Point
Media enamel on canvas
Size 23.5 x 29.75 in. / 59.7 x 75.6 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; framed

Provenance
purchased directly from the artist in circa 1975
Estimate CAD$1,500-$2,500

Artist Joe Norris
Title Untitled - Schooners in the Distance
Media enamel on canvas
Size 25 x 29.75 in. / 63.5 x 75.6 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; framed; small rub centre left noted

Reference
lot includes Joe Norris: Painted Visions of Nova Scotia by Bernard Riordon, published by Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 2000

Provenance
purchased directly from the artist in circa 1975
Estimate CAD$1,500-$2,500

Artist Joe Norris
Title Untitled - The Happy Cove with Decorated Frame
Media acrylic on canvas
Size 24 x 30 in. / 61 x 76.2 cm.

Notes
signed lower left; in hand painted frame

Provenance
private collection, Victoria
Estimate CAD$4,000-$6,000

Artist Joe Norris
Title Untitled - Sleigh Ride Under the Stars
Media enamel on canvas board
Dated 1988
Size 16 x 20 x 1 in. / 40.6 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; framed

Provenance
private collection, British Columbia
Estimate CAD$5,000-$6,000

Artist Joe Norris
Title Untitled - Starry Winter Night
Media enamel on wood board
Dated 1987
Size 15.75 x 24 x 1 in. / 40 x 61 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; framed

Provenance
private collection, British Columbia
Estimate CAD$5,000-$6,000

Artist Joe Norris
Title Untitled - Two Bears
Media enamel on canvas
Size 24 x 30 x 1 in. / 61 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and inscribed 'Lower Prospect' lower right; titled 'Two Bears' on gallery label verso; framed

Provenance
Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, label verso
Estimate CAD$2,500-$3,000

Artist Joe Norris
Title Untitled - Autumn Harbour Scene
Media mixed media on canvas
Size 30 x 36 x 1 in. / 76.2 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; framed

Estimate CAD$5,000-$6,000

Artist Joe Norris
Title Mending the Herring Nets
Media enamel on wood board
Dated 1992
Size 15.5 x 22 x 1 in. / 39.4 x 55.9 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; in artist's hand painted frame

Estimate CAD$3,000-$4,000

Artist Joe Norris
Title Untitled - Seagulls at Sunset
Media enamel on hard board
Dated 1993
Size 8.25 x 12.25 x 1 in. / 21 x 31.1 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; in painted artist's frame [14.5 x 18.25]

Estimate CAD$2,500-$3,500

Artist Joe Norris
Title LOT OF THREE - Child's Trestle Table with View from Lower Prospect / Child's Chair with Dolphin and Bird Motif / Child's Chair with Flower Motif
Media hand painted wooden table & chairs
Size 1 x 1 x 1 in. / 2.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
LOT OF THREE; signed and inscribed 'Lower Prospect' on bottom

Reference
see From the Heart - Folk Art in Canada, by J.Blanchette cat.#210 for similiar work in the Collection of the Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies

Provenance
proceeds to the United Way, Calgary
Estimate CAD$3,000-$4,000

Artist Joe Norris
Title Untitled - Winter in the Maritimes
Media oil on canvas
Dated 1980
Size 22 x 30 x 1 in. / 55.9 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right

Provenance
from the estate of the artist
Estimate CAD$3,000-$3,500

Artist Joe Norris
Title Untitled - The Race
Media oil on canvas
Dated 1981
Size 16 x 24 x 1 in. / 40.6 x 61 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right

Provenance
from the estate of the artist
Estimate CAD$2,500-$3,000

Artist Joe Norris
Title The Cove
Media enamel on plywood
Dated 1981
Size 14 x 18 x 1 in. / 35.6 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed 'Joe Nrris' and dated lower left; signed and titled verso; in frame painted by the artist, measuring 22.5 x 26.5 inches

Provenance
Zwicker's Gallery, Halifax, label verso
Estimate CAD$900-$1,200

Artist Joe Norris
Title Moose With Woodpeckers
Media oil on plywood
Size 20.5 x 30.25 x 1 in. / 52.1 x 76.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right

Provenance
Zwicker's Gallery, Halifax, label verso
Estimate CAD$900-$1,200

Artist Joe Norris
Title Moose And Sunset
Media oil on canvas
Size 16 x 20 x 1 in. / 40.6 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right

Provenance
Zwicker's Gallery, Halifax, label verso
Estimate CAD$900-$1,200

Artist Joe Norris
Title Birds On Rocks
Media oil on canvas
Size 20 x 23.75 x 1 in. / 50.8 x 60.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right

Provenance
Zwicker's Gallery, Halifax, label verso
Estimate CAD$900-$1,200

Artist Joe Norris
Title Orange Fish Boat
Media oil on panel
Dated 1981
Size 15 x 19.75 x 1 in. / 38.1 x 50.2 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and inscribed lower left 'Lower Prospect'

Provenance
corporate collection, Calgary; Zwicker's Gallery, Halifax, label verso
Estimate CAD$300-$400