Norval Morrisseau’s 58-inch by 61-inch painting Grandfather Speaks of Ancestral Warriors.
Photograph by: David Kawai, The Ottawa Citizen

Morrisseau, maybe: Ottawa couple says uncertainty over authenticity of coveted artist’s work may cost them dearly; gallery ’stands by the authenticity’ of painting

The late Norval Morrisseau, Canada’s most celebrated aboriginal artist, was known to be a great painter but a lousy speller.
So Jonathan and Julie Browne of Ottawa were not initially concerned when the Morrisseau painting they bought from Edmonton’s Bearclaw Gallery in April 2007 arrived with the following title scrawled on the back: “Grandfather Speaks of Great Ansistrail Warrior.”
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