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Lot 46: ALLEN SAPP - Nothing Much to Do

Est: $500 CAD - $700 CADSold:
Saskatchewan Network for Art CollectingRegina, SK, CAMay 15, 2022

Item Overview

Description

ALLEN SAPP (1929-2015) "Nothing Much to Do" - Limited edition reproduction print, 77/250. Signed lower right, titled lower left, editioned lower centre. Framed. 15 x 22.5 inches (image), 21 x 29 inches (frame). Excellent condition.

Dimensions

15 x 22.5 inches (image), 21 x 29 inches (frame)

Artist or Maker

Medium

Limited edition reproduction 77/250

Condition Report

Excellent condition

Notes

Saskatchewan NAC bio: Allen Sapp was born in 1929 on the Red Pheasant Reserve in northern Saskatchewan, a descendant of the great plains Cree Chief Poundmaker. As a child, Sapp was often bed-ridden with illness, and he began drawing and painting with the encouragement of his grandmother, Maggie Soonias. A self-taught artist, Sapp moved to North Battleford, Saskatchewan in the 1960, where he struggled to make a living by selling his paintings on the street and door-to-door. In 1966, Sapp met Dr. Allan Gonor while trying to sell his paintings at the North Battleford Medical Clinic. Gonor saw Sapp's talent and became a close friend and patron. With Gonor's encouragement and after studying painting with University of Saskatchewan professor Wynona Mulcaster, Sapp continued to paint and gained a wider audience for his work, beginning with successful exhibitions in Saskatoon and Vancouver in 1969 and 1970. He soon gained national and international recognition for his paintings depicting the life and culture of the northern plains Cree. Drawn from his own experiences growing up on a northern reserve, Sapp's paintings provide a glimpse into the everyday activities and special celebrations of the Cree people. Diana Loercher of the Christian Science Monitor observed, "A radiant light permeates most of his paintings.... It is evident that not only his art but his identity is deeply rooted in Indian culture." Sapp had been the subject of documentaries including Allen Sapp, By Instict a Painter, the National Film Board of Canada's Colours of Pride, the CBC's On the Road Again, as well as boosk such as A Cree Life by John Warner and Two Spirits Soar by W.P. Kinsella. In 1975, he was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, and he received the Saskatchewan Award of Merit (1985), the Order of Canada (1987), an honourary doctorate from the University of Regina (1998), a Saskatchewan Arts Board Lifetime Achievement Award (1996) and a National Aboriginal Lifetime Achievement Award (1999). In 1989, the Allen Sapp Gallery, Canada's only public art gallery named for a living artist, was opened in North Battleford. The most extensive permanent collection of Sapp's paintings can be found there, though his work is represented in many other public and private collections across the country. In 1994, the MacKenzie Art Gallery (Regina) launched a touring retrospective of Sapp's work. The exhibition was called 'Kiskayetum' - Sapp's Cree name meaning 'he perceives it'. In 2003, Allen won a Governor General's Literary Arts Award for the children's book The Song Within My Heart, which Sapp had illustrated. Allen Sapp died December 29th, 2015, in North Battleford, Saskatchewan.

Payment & Shipping

Payment

Accepted forms of payment: MasterCard, Money Order / Cashiers Check, Other, Paypal, Personal Check, Visa

Shipping

Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting can provide purchasers with several options for packing and shipping throughout Canada, the US and internationally. All packing and shipping is done at the expense of the purchaser. If you are the successful bidder on one or more lots, you will receive an email directly from the auction house within 48 hours. Please then contact us to discuss your packing, shipping and pick-up preferences (and we can remove artworks from framing in order to ship without frame and glass). All artworks are located in Regina, Saskatchewan and are available for pick-up. Also, we are currently offering free delivery in Regina, and buyers in Saskatoon will be able to have their artworks delivered directly by Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting for a low cost (determined by size, weight and value). We can pack and ship throughout Canada and internationally, or can deliver your artworks to a recognized international shipper for them to pack and ship via their direct communications with you.

Auction Details

Saskatchewan and Canadian Indigenous Art

by
Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting
May 15, 2022, 01:00 PM CST

2241 Smith St, Regina, SK, S4P 2P5, CA

Terms

Buyer's Premium

18.0%

Bidding Increments

From:To:Increment:
$0$49$2
$50$99$5
$100$199$10
$200$599$20
$600$1,999$50
$2,000$4,999$100
$5,000+$200

Extended Bidding

5 minutes/bid

Terms

1. The closing of lots is staggered, with each subsequent lot closing one minute after the previous lot. If a bid is placed within the final moments of bidding for a particular lot, the bidding for that lot only will be extended for 3 minutes to allow for counter bids.

2. The total purchase price of each lot shall include the successful hammer price of the lot together with a buyer's premium of 18% of the hammer price. All prices are in Canadian Dollars.

3. A Goods and Services Tax of 5% will be charged on the hammer price and buyer's premium on all lots shipped to Canadian Provinces other than Saskatchewan. A Goods and Services Tax (GST) of 5% and a Provincial Sales Tax (PST) of 6% will be added to the successful hammer price and buyer's premium for all lots purchased by Saskatchewan residents or for delivery within Saskatchewan. However, the first $300 of hammer price for each previously owned artwork is PST exempt. Goods shipped outside of Canada are not subject to any sales tax.

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6. We reserve the right to withdraw any property up to the moment of sale.

7. If the auctioneers decide, irrespective of any publicized or catalogued estimate, that any opening bid is below the value of the lot offered, they may reject the bid and withdraw the lot from sale, and if, having acknowledged an opening bid, they decide that any advance thereafter is insufficient, they may reject the advance.

8. With the fall of the auctioneer's hammer, title to the lot being offered will pass to the highest bidder acknowledged by the auctioneer, subject to the conditions set forth herein. The successful bidder thereupon will pay the full purchase price and assume full risk and responsibility for the said lot. All property must be removed by the purchaser at his or her expense not later than sixty business days following its sale and if not so removed a handling charge of 2% of the purchase price per month will be payable by the purchaser until the property is removed.

9. Payment should be made in full within ten days following the sale by email transfer, cheque, cash, bank draft, PayPal, Visa, MasterCard, Bitcoin or Ethereum unless other arrangements have been made with the auctioneer prior to the sale. Payment via PayPal, Visa or Mastercard will be subject to a 3% surcharge on the invoice total, and Payment via Bitcoin or Ethereum will be subject to a 10% surcharge on the invoice total. Successful bidders will receive an invoice via email from the auctioneer within 48 hours of the close of the auction, with instructions on payment methods and pick-up, delivery and shipping options.

Buyers Premium

A Buyers Premium of 18% will be added to the Hammer Price for all lots sold.

Payment Terms

Payment should be made in full within ten days following the sale by email transfer, cheque, cash, bank draft, PayPal, Visa, MasterCard, Bitcoin or Ethereum unless other arrangements have been made with the auctioneer prior to the sale. Payment via PayPal, Visa or Mastercard will be subject to a 3% surcharge on the invoice total, and Payment via Bitcoin or Ethereum will be subject to a 10% surcharge on the invoice total. Successful bidders will receive an invoice via email from the auctioneer within 48 hours of the close of the auction, with instructions on payment methods and pick-up, delivery and shipping options.

Shipping Terms

Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting can provide purchasers with several options for packing and shipping throughout Canada, the US and internationally. All packing and shipping is done at the expense of the purchaser. If you are the successful bidder on one or more lots, you will receive an email directly from the auction house within 48 hours. Please then contact us to discuss your packing, shipping and pick-up preferences (and we can remove artworks from framing in order to ship without frame and glass). All artworks are located in Regina, Saskatchewan and are available for pick-up. Also, we are currently offering free delivery in Regina, and buyers in Saskatoon will be able to have their artworks delivered directly by Saskatchewan Network for Art Collecting for a low cost (determined by size, weight and value). We can pack and ship throughout Canada and internationally, or can deliver your artworks to a recognized international shipper for them to pack and ship via their direct communications with you.

Taxes

A Goods and Services Tax of 5% will be charged on the hammer price and buyer's premium on all lots shipped to Canadian Provinces other than Saskatchewan. A Goods and Services Tax (GST) of 5% and a Provincial Sales Tax (PST) of 6% will be added to the successful hammer price and buyer's premium for all lots purchased by Saskatchewan residents or for delivery within Saskatchewan. However, the first $300 of hammer price for each previously owned artwork is PST exempt. Goods shipped outside of Canada are not subject to any sales tax.