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Robert Davidson
Robert Davidson is one of Canada's most important contemporary artists. He has been immensely influential in the direction that modern Northwest Coast art has developed over the last six decades. He is a master in every medium, including wood, gold, silver, argillite, silkscreen and bronze.
Davidson belongs to the Eagle clan and his Haida name is Guud San Glans, Eagle of the Dawn. Born in Hydaburg, Alaska, in 1946, he grew up in Old Massett, Haida Gwaii. At the early age of 13, he received training as an argillite and wood carver from his father, Claude Davidson, and grandfather, Robert Davidson Sr. Davidson’s great grandfather, Charles Edenshaw, was a renowned turn-of-the-century Haida artist. Much of Davidson’s cultural knowledge of Haida traditions was passed down to him by his paternal grandmother Florence Davidson, who had been raised in the old Haida ways.
In the late 1960s, Davidson apprenticed with Bill Reid and studied at the Vancouver School of Art. In 1969 he carved and raised a 40-foot totem pole in Old Massett which was the first to be raised in the village since 1871.
In 1995 he received the National Aboriginal Achievement Award for his contribution to First Nations art and culture. He has received the Order of British Columbia, and in 1996 was awarded the prestigious Order of Canada. He received both the Governor General’s Award for Visual Arts and the Audain Prize for Lifetime Achievement Award in the Visual Arts in 2010. In 2019 Robert was the subject of the documentary Haida Modern. Robert is currently carving a 22 foot totem pole with the Douglas Reynolds Gallery.
Supernatural Eye
Robert Davidson (Haida)
Edition /52007Base Dimensions: 17" H x 35" W x 23 ½" D
Edition /52007Base Dimensions: 17" H x 35" W x 23 ½" D
$135,000.00
Bird in the Air
Robert Davidson (Haida)
Edition /5 Base Dimensions: 2 ½" H x 85 ½" L x 23" D Indigenous artwork on the Pacific Northwest...
Edition /5 Base Dimensions: 2 ½" H x 85 ½" L x 23" D Indigenous artwork on the Pacific Northwest Coast often incorporates figures and animals that are related to crest symbols. Crests have been passed down through families and have varying meanings depending on the context and association with a nation, clan, or family. The figures depicted in contemporary Northwest Coast Indigenous artwork also have varying meanings but there are some common characteristics from a range of sources, includin...
$135,000.00
Salmon Trout Head II
Robert Davidson (Haida)
Edition /5 The Salmon trout head is a figure used in Northwest Coast First Nations art in the jo...
Edition /5 The Salmon trout head is a figure used in Northwest Coast First Nations art in the joints of a design or as the frame for an eye. The granite base is 29" wide. Indigenous artwork on the Pacific Northwest Coast often incorporates figures and animals that are related to crest symbols. Crests have been passed down through families and have varying meanings depending on the context and association with a nation, clan, or family. The figures depicted in contemporary Northwest Coast I...
$135,000.00
2013This piece is stored off-site. To arrange a viewing, please contact the gallery directly.The ...
2013This piece is stored off-site. To arrange a viewing, please contact the gallery directly.The Wiid is a bird that only appears when the salmonberries are ripening on Haida Gwaii. The bird is here reduced to the small head at the upper portion of the composition. The flower of the salmonberry might be alluded to in the white cross-shape against the blue. Formally, the work is a precise balance of a series of tensions and releases. The pressure seen in the compressed white tri-neg defined by...
$100,000.00
Negative Eye Positive Eye No. 1
Robert Davidson (Haida)
2011 This piece is stored off-site. To arrange a viewing, please contact the gallery directly. T...
2011 This piece is stored off-site. To arrange a viewing, please contact the gallery directly. This painting, and its pair, Negative Eye Positive Eye No. 2, are recent works from Haida artist Robert Davidson and both were included in his solo show "Robert Davidson: Progression of Form" which took place in the summer of 2015 at the Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art. The show focused on Davidson's most recent pieces, featuring his more abstract work. From the Exhibition catalogue, Davidson ...
$55,000.00
Frog Pendant
Robert Davidson (Haida)
This work is the original gold casting from which six numbered gold castings and sixteen numbered...
This work is the original gold casting from which six numbered gold castings and sixteen numbered silver casting were taken Exhibited: Vancouver Art Gallery, Eagle of the Dawn, 1993, travelling to the Canadian Museum of Civilization, Quebec, 1994 Indigenous artwork on the Pacific Northwest Coast often incorporates figures and animals that are related to crest symbols. Crests have been passed down through families and have varying meanings depending on the context and association with a nation...
$40,000.00
Killer Whale Bracelet
Robert Davidson (Haida)
Indigenous artwork on the Pacific Northwest Coast often incorporates figures and animals that are...
Indigenous artwork on the Pacific Northwest Coast often incorporates figures and animals that are related to crest symbols. Crests have been passed down through families and have varying meanings depending on the context and association with a nation, clan, or family. The figures depicted in contemporary Northwest Coast Indigenous artwork also have varying meanings but there are some common characteristics from a range of sources, including oral histories and artist descriptions.Killer Whale ...
$35,000.00
Noisy Fin
Robert Davidson (Haida)
Edition 4/7 Indigenous artwork on the Pacific Northwest Coast often incorporates figures and anim...
Edition 4/7 Indigenous artwork on the Pacific Northwest Coast often incorporates figures and animals that are related to crest symbols. Crests have been passed down through families and have varying meanings depending on the context and association with a nation, clan, or family. The figures depicted in contemporary Northwest Coast Indigenous artwork also have varying meanings but there are some common characteristics from a range of sources, including oral histories and artist descriptions.K...
$28,000.00
Swallow
Robert Davidson (Haida)
Edition 1/7Also available in Red. Please contact the gallery directly.
Edition 1/7Also available in Red. Please contact the gallery directly.
$25,000.00
Killer Whale and Raven Totem
Robert Davidson (Haida)
c. late 1960sThis is a beautiful argillite pole carved by Robert Davidson and signed "Robert Davi...
c. late 1960sThis is a beautiful argillite pole carved by Robert Davidson and signed "Robert Davidson Jr." indicating this was completed before the death of his grandfather, Robert Davidson Sr, in 1969. This argillite pole has been meticulously detailed, and then the entire surface was polished with wettened emery cloth leaving it with a jet-black sheen.
$8,500.00
Occupied
Robert Davidson (Haida)
2007 Edition 9/88 This print is only available framed. Please contact the gallery directly. "Occu...
2007 Edition 9/88 This print is only available framed. Please contact the gallery directly. "Occupied was first a doodle for a thank-you card. I also couldn't pronounce the plural 'octopi'. When you look at the map of Haida Gwaii there are red parts to indicate reserve land that we can occupy and it adds up to less than 0.1 percent. We have been corralled onto this tiny piece of land." - from Echoes of the Supenatural; The Graphic Art of Robert Davidson (Wyatt)
$5,800.00
Sisters of the Underworld
Robert Davidson (Haida)
1998 Edition 9/75 This print is only available framed. Please contact the gallery directly. Dogfi...
1998 Edition 9/75 This print is only available framed. Please contact the gallery directly. Dogfish is a small variety of shark found on the Northwest Coast. It is distinguished by its distinctive gills, triangular teeth and split pupils. Dogfish is known to represent assertiveness and persistence.
$5,800.00
Hiilang (Thunderbird)
Robert Davidson (Haida)
2006 Ed /75 Available framed for $6,800 CAD. Please contact the gallery directly.
2006 Ed /75 Available framed for $6,800 CAD. Please contact the gallery directly.
$5,000.00
hlGed sda sGwaansang (Two Working Together)
Robert Davidson (Haida)
Edition /49 Available framed for $3,200 CAD. Please contact the gallery directly. hlGed sda sGw...
Edition /49 Available framed for $3,200 CAD. Please contact the gallery directly. hlGed sda sGwaansang means "closely related" or "two working together" and references a bow and arrow.
$2,500.00
Half a Soul
Robert Davidson (Haida)
2001 Edition 40/99 This print is only available framed.
2001 Edition 40/99 This print is only available framed.
$2,200.00
Red Passing Quickly
Robert Davidson (Haida )
Edition /57 Available framed for $2,300 CAD. Contact the gallery directly. Red Passing Quickly is...
Edition /57 Available framed for $2,300 CAD. Contact the gallery directly. Red Passing Quickly is one of Southeast Wind’s nine brothers. This Supernatural Being is a red cloud formation that can be seen briefly in the early morning and brings a similar message to the proverb “Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning”. Red Passing Quickly takes the form of a killer whale and reminds us that life is a series of moments passing. I learned more about Red Passing Quickly from the death of my s...
$1,800.00
Five Views, Butterfly
Robert Davidson (Haida)
1981Edition /225This print is only available framed. Indigenous artwork on the Pacific Northwest ...
1981Edition /225This print is only available framed. Indigenous artwork on the Pacific Northwest Coast often incorporates figures and animals that are related to crest symbols. Crests have been passed down through families and have varying meanings depending on the context and association with a nation, clan, or family. The figures depicted in contemporary Northwest Coast Indigenous artwork also have varying meanings but there are some common characteristics from a range of sources, including...
$1,800.00
Fisherman's Delight
Robert Davidson (Haida)
Edition /81 This print is available framed for $2,350. Please contact the gallery directly. "Base...
Edition /81 This print is available framed for $2,350. Please contact the gallery directly. "Based on a 2019 acrylic-on-canvas work of the same title. At that time, Davidson explained the work's inspiration: 'I went fishing with Reg and his friend Tom Wylie last summer. I was really taken because they were charged with excitement. They kept handing me a rod but I was just happy to watch because they were really interesting... When we went to the river to fish we were excited to know that we h...
$1,800.00
Supernatural Beings
Robert Davidson (Haida)
2019Edition /79Available framed for $2,250 CAD. Please contact the gallery directly."Supernatural...
2019Edition /79Available framed for $2,250 CAD. Please contact the gallery directly."Supernatural Beings is one of two designs that I did based on a discussion with artist/weaver Cheryl Samuel about pushing the design possibilities for robes and aprons. I received feedback from the weavers that it could not be done but also interest from some who were willing to try." - Robert Davidson
$1,800.00
Edition /55 Available framed for $2,200 CAD. Please contact the gallery directly.
Edition /55 Available framed for $2,200 CAD. Please contact the gallery directly.
$1,700.00
Dogfish
Robert Davidson (Haida)
1975 Edition 13/74 This print is only available framed. Please contact the gallery directly. Indi...
1975 Edition 13/74 This print is only available framed. Please contact the gallery directly. Indigenous artwork on the Pacific Northwest Coast often incorporates figures and animals that are related to crest symbols. Crests have been passed down through families and have varying meanings depending on the context and association with a nation, clan, or family. The figures depicted in contemporary Northwest Coast Indigenous artwork also have varying meanings but there are some common characteri...
$1,700.00
The Gift
Robert Davidson (Haida)
1998Edition /125This print is only available framed. Please contact the gallery directly. The Gif...
1998Edition /125This print is only available framed. Please contact the gallery directly. The Gift serigraph was released in honour of, and to assist in raising funds for, a 1998 White Rock commission that was completed with Salish artist, Susan Point. The White Rock detachment of the RCMP approached Davidson about a possible totem pole commission to commemorate their 125th anniversary, as well as to recognize the strained history between the First Nations and the RCMP. Davidson suggested Sal...
$1,700.00
Sgaarang Xyaalang Sdang (Two Dancing)
Robert Davidson (Haida)
Edition /51 Available Framed for $2,000 CAD. Please contact the gallery directly.
Edition /51 Available Framed for $2,000 CAD. Please contact the gallery directly.
$1,500.00