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All stacked up in a neat-if not particularly artistic-pile, Montreal sculptor Armand Vaillancourt's $100,000 cast iron masterpiece rests beside chain (...)
All stacked up in a neat-if not particularly artistic-pile, Montreal sculptor Armand Vaillancourt's $100,000 cast iron masterpiece rests beside chain (...)

All stacked up in a neat-if not particularly artistic-pile, Montreal sculptor Armand Vaillancourt's $100,000 cast iron masterpiece rests beside chain (...)

Date8/14/1968
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Original Toronto Star caption: All stacked up in a neat-if not particularly artistic-pile; Montreal sculptor Armand Vaillancourt's $100;000 cast iron masterpiece rests beside chain link fence inside the city parks department enclosure in High Park. Work crews moved the components of the sculpture; Je Me Souviens without consulting the artist. The city estimates it would cost an additional $80;000 to have work assembled.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0104349F
Unfinished sculpture by Montreal's Armand Vaillancourt sits beside the blast furnace used for melting down metal for the work. Toronto Board of Contro(...)
Unfinished sculpture by Montreal's Armand Vaillancourt sits beside the blast furnace used for melting down metal for the work. Toronto Board of Contro(...)
11/16/1967
$100,000 Junk pile: Sculptor Armand Vaillancourt created a controversial $100,000 masterpiece for the city's Sculpture Symposium-then left before putting it together
$100,000 Junk pile: Sculptor Armand Vaillancourt created a controversial $100,000 masterpiece for the city's Sculpture Symposium-then left before putting it together
5/20/1968
His rusting masterpiece will be entitled Je me souviens - meaning I remember - sculptor Armand Vaillancourt said yesterday as he stood among the piece(...)
His rusting masterpiece will be entitled Je me souviens - meaning I remember - sculptor Armand Vaillancourt said yesterday as he stood among the piece(...)
5/20/1968
Children of the working sculptors at High Park enjoy themselves in their improvised sandbox beside the unfinished creation by Len Lyle of New Zealand.(...)
Children of the working sculptors at High Park enjoy themselves in their improvised sandbox beside the unfinished creation by Len Lyle of New Zealand.(...)
8/31/1967
Montreal sculptor Hugh LeRoy, with fibreglass 4-Element Column
Montreal sculptor Hugh LeRoy, with fibreglass 4-Element Column
5/5/1967
Toronto's first peek at the $100,000 sculpture was obtained when Str photographer Boris Spremo (below) sprawled at Nathan Phillips Square and stuck his camera inside the protective case
Toronto's first peek at the $100,000 sculpture was obtained when Str photographer Boris Spremo (below) sprawled at Nathan Phillips Square and stuck his camera inside the protective case
10/25/1966
Sculptor's out in the cold. Six students from the Ontario College of Art-including 24-year-old Larry Shereck-are working afternoons this week to creat(...)
Sculptor's out in the cold. Six students from the Ontario College of Art-including 24-year-old Larry Shereck-are working afternoons this week to creat(...)
1/21/1976
Yes, but is it art?. Ever since he set up shop at Toronto's International Sculpture Symposium in High Park sculptor Armand Vaillancourt has had more t(...)
Yes, but is it art?. Ever since he set up shop at Toronto's International Sculpture Symposium in High Park sculptor Armand Vaillancourt has had more t(...)
7/18/1967
Armand Vaillancourt Vaillancourt, sculptor with a passion
Armand Vaillancourt Vaillancourt, sculptor with a passion
4/21/1967
Sculptors Armand Vaillancourt, Bernard Schottlander, Wessel Couzyn, Frank Gallo, William Koochin, Hubert Dalwood, Menashe Kadishman in high park
Sculptors Armand Vaillancourt, Bernard Schottlander, Wessel Couzyn, Frank Gallo, William Koochin, Hubert Dalwood, Menashe Kadishman in high park
7/6/1967
Sculptor Armand Vaillancourt and blast furnace
Sculptor Armand Vaillancourt and blast furnace
8/31/1967
Armand Vaillancourt, the bushy-faced Montreal artist, is up to his knees in mud and unfinished sculpture in High Park
Armand Vaillancourt, the bushy-faced Montreal artist, is up to his knees in mud and unfinished sculpture in High Park
12/13/1967