Daphne Odjig
(1919 - 2016) R.C.A., O.C., G.G.A.
Previously Sold Works
DAPHNE ODJIG
Family Ties
acrylic on canvas
signed and dated 1981 lower left; titled on the stretcher
36 x 34 ins ( 91.4 x 86.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $30,000.00 - $40,000.00
Price Realized $37,760.00
Sale date: May 29th 2018
DAPHNE ODJIG
Six Girls Choir
acrylic on canvas
signed and dated 1981 lower left; titled on the stretcher
34 x 26 ins ( 86.4 x 66 cms )
Auction Estimate: $15,000.00 - $20,000.00
Price Realized $26,400.00
Sale date: December 6th 2023
DAPHNE ODJIG
Voices from the Past
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1974 lower right; titled on the stretcher
40 x 32 ins ( 101.6 x 81.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $12,000.00 - $15,000.00
Price Realized $19,200.00
Sale date: December 3rd 2020
DAPHNE ODJIG
Stage Fright
acrylic on canvas
signed lower left; titled and dated 1984 on the reverse
16 x 12 ins ( 40.6 x 30.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $8,000.00 - $12,000.00
Price Realized $7,475.00
Sale date: November 23rd 2017
DAPHNE ODJIG
The Joy of Intimacy
acrylic on canvas
signed lower left; titled and dated 1990 on the reverse, unframed
40 x 38 ins ( 101.6 x 96.5 cms )
DAPHNE ODJIG
Donald’s Outing
colour serigraph
signed, titled, dated 1981 and numbered 93/125 in the lower margin
19.75 x 17.75 ins ( 50.2 x 45.1 cms ) ( image )
DAPHNE ODJIG
Big One and the Bad Medicine Woman
colour serigraph
signed, titled, dated 1974 and numbered 9/60 in the lower margin
46 x 30 ins ( 116.8 x 76.2 cms ) ( sight )
DAPHNE ODJIG
Western Wall, Jerusalem
colour serigraph
signed, titled and numbered 135/250 in the lower margin
26.75 x 20.75 ins ( 67.9 x 52.7 cms ) ( sight )
DAPHNE ODJIG
Babysitter
colour serigraph
signed, titled, dated 1977 and numbered 32/85 in the lower margin
22 x 18 ins ( 55.9 x 45.7 cms ) ( sight )
DAPHNE ODJIG
Spirit of Jerusalem
colour serigraph
signed, titled and numbered 101/250 in the lower margin
28 x 20 ins ( 71.1 x 50.8 cms ) ( sight )
DAPHNE ODJIG
Treaty Day
mixed media on canvas board
signed and dated 1969 lower left; titled on the reverse
20 x 16 ins ( 50.8 x 40.6 cms )
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Daphne Odjig Biography
(1919 - 2016) R.C.A., O.C., G.G.A.
Born and raised in the village of Wikwemikong, on Manitoulin Island, Daphne Odjig has strong traditional roots in her Native culture (she is Potawatomi, Odawa, and English) and is proud of the artistic tradition of her ancestors. Her grandfather, Jonas Odjig, carved tombstones for the nearby church and later sketched and painted church landscapes. Her father painted war scenes and portraits of soldiers from the Great War and was a talented musician.
Bob Boyer notes that "Daphne often claims that she is not part of the New Woodland school" in that her works incorporated the importance of womanhood and sense of family, while others in the New Woodland group "concerned themselves with a spiritual quest." Her work also differed in that she was influenced by Picasso's cubism but within an Aboriginal context. She was attracted to the cubist style because of its "disregard for perspectival space, its skewing of the elements and relationships of reality, and its central compositional structure."
In 1972, Odjig's art took her to Winnipeg and a pivotal exhibition, "Treaty Numbers 23, 287 and 1171," at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. The exhibition featured her work along with the work of Jackson Beardy and Alex Janvier. This was the first time Native artists were featured in a Canadian public art gallery rather than a museum. Daphne was the only Native woman artist facing this struggle in the early years, a situation made all the more difficult because she was a self-taught artist and, as a result, not respected at that time.
In 1973, she co-founded the Professional Native Indian Artists Association (colloquially called the "Indian Group of Seven"). This group included Daphne, Jackson Beardy, Carl Ray, Joseph Sanchez, Eddy Cobiness, Norval Morrisseau and Alex Janvier. Daphne was the first and only woman to be a part of this group. Later, in 1974, Daphne and Chester opened the Warehouse Gallery in Winnipeg, a huge venture that provided support for emerging Native artists. Odjig was honoured with the order of Canada in 1986 and was elected a member of the Royal Canadian Academy in 1989. She received the Governer General’s Award for Visual Arts from Governor General Michaell Jean in 2007. Odjig lived in Anglemont, British Columbia for a number of years and in Kelowna until her passing in 2016.
