Frog Box Design (1979) - Limited Edition Print
Frog Box Design (1979) - Limited Edition Print
Freda Diesing
17 1/2" x 23"
1979
Edition of 200
1 copy available
There is some discoloration from the original mat. Price has been adjusted accordingly.
This print is part of Lattimer Gallery's Through the Decades: Late 20th Century Haida Printmaking show, taking place online from March 15th-29th, 2025.
Freda Diesing was the best known female Haida artist of her generation. She was tremendously influential to her peers, and her legacy lives on through the Freda Diesing School of Northwest Coast Art. This print features a design inspired by a rectangular bentwood box front. Bentwood boxes painted or carved with elaborate designs are often presented to honored guests during feasts or potlatches, used as burial boxes for ancestors, or used for safekeeping of textiles and regalia.
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Freda Diesing
CULTURAL GROUP:
Haida
BORN:
June 2, 1925 (d. 2002)
BIRTHPLACE:
Prince Rupert, BC
Freda Diesing was the daughter of Flossie Lambly (Haida) and Frank Johnson (Swedish). She was one of the first students to enroll at the Gitanmaax School of Northwest Coast Art (K’san), and received training from Bill Holm, Tony Hunt, and Robert Davidson during the early 1970s. Freda was one of the most talented and successful female wood carvers on the Northwest Coast. She produced numerous masks, bowls, sculptures, and totem poles. Among the many poles that she completed, two were raised in the community of Kitsumkalum, and one was raised in Terrace in 1987 for the town’s RCMP station. Freda is perhaps as well-known for her teaching as she is for her carving. She possessed a passion for passing on both the techniques and the history of First Nations art within Northern British Columbia. Her students included Norman Tait, Dempsey Bob, and her nephew, Don Yeomans. She received an honourary doctorate from the University of British Columbia in May 2002, and was also awarded a National Aboriginal Achievement Award in March of that same year. Freda passed away on December 4, 2002.
