Eagle (1995) - Limited Edition Print
Eagle (1995) - Limited Edition Print
22" x 22"
1995
Edition of 130
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.
This print depicts the Eagle's head within the confines of a circle, with a wing below and the tailfeathers along the bottom. Artist Reg Davidson produced many prints with round designs in classical Haida style over his career. Reg is a member of the Rainbow Creek Dancers, and in many cases these circular prints were based on drum designs. Among most Northwest Coast Indigenous nations, the Eagle represents friendship, power, peace, and prestige.
Reg Davidson
CULTURAL GROUP:
Haida
BORN:
August 29, 1954
BIRTHPLACE:
Masset, Haida Gwaii
Reg is from the Eagle Clan. He began carving in 1972. He is influenced by his family of acclaimed Haida artists, including brother Robert Davidson, father Claude Davidson, grandmother Florence Davidson, and great-grandfather Charles Edenshaw. His many published and widely exhibited works include limited edition prints, silver and gold jewellery, masks, helmets, large poles, rattles, argillite sculptures, and drums. Reg is also an accomplished singer and dancer with the Rainbow Creek Dancers, a Haida Dance group formed in 1980 by Reg and Robert. Among his many interesting commissions was a major totem pole project that was ordered by the successful British artist, Damien Hirst, in 2006. In 2008, Reg received a British Columbia Creative Achievement Award for First Nations' Art.
