RARE FLOYD KUPTANA "SELF PORTRAIT"

An original self-portrait acrylic on canvas, signed lower middle, 50.2 x 40cm (19 3/4 x 15 3/4in); Note: the image in this work depicts the demon Mahaha, which Floyd sometimes believed he was being possessed by; verso an oil sketch by the artist; Provenance: this is the first of several original paintings from Tane Art Gallery, Toronto, for whom Floyd painted the last two years of his life; the balance of the collection will be sold in Gardner Galleries "Indigenous Art Auction Session II" which runs from November 22nd to December 2nd; Floyd Kuptana, Inuvialuk Canadian, 1964-2021