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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(...)

Unfinished sculpture by Montreal's Armand Vaillancourt sits beside the blast furnace used for melting down metal for the work. Toronto Board of Contro(...)

Date11/16/1967
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Original Toronto Star caption: Unfinished sculpture by Montreal's Armand Vaillancourt sits beside the blast furnace used for melting down metal for the work. Toronto Board of Control last night approved spending $91;600 so that Vaillancourt can finish the statute; one of 12 done by different artists in an International Sculpture Sysmposim in High Park this summer. So far the symposium has cost the city $131;600. Alderman Hugh Bruce estimates the value of sculptor Vaillancourt's work at $250;000.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0104352F
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 (...)
8/14/1968
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
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
Sculptor Armand Vaillancourt and blast furnace
Sculptor Armand Vaillancourt and blast furnace
8/31/1967
An abstract metallic sculpture, with the curved towers of the Toronto City Hall in the backgrou ...
Impressive metal sculpture of Canadian artist Rene Bloggs is captured against equally dramatic City Hall architecture as part of exhibition on podium (...)
23 August 1973
Touching sight: This sculpture of a woman shows in a simple manner the strong emotions that run through the work of Eskimo artists
Touching sight: This sculpture of a woman shows in a simple manner the strong emotions that run through the work of Eskimo artists
3/9/1982
Spiral sculpture: Pierre Granche's Thales Au Pied De La Spirale, viewed from above at Toronto Sculpture Garden
Spiral sculpture: Pierre Granche's Thales Au Pied De La Spirale, viewed from above at Toronto Sculpture Garden
6/8/1988
Art lovers. The hospitable curve of the Archer, the Henry Moore sculpture at Toronto City Hall, was just too inviting for these young lovers to resist(...)
Art lovers. The hospitable curve of the Archer, the Henry Moore sculpture at Toronto City Hall, was just too inviting for these young lovers to resist(...)
9/17/1979
Toronto Sculpture Garden Wessenger by Liz Magor
Toronto Sculpture Garden Wessenger by Liz Magor
10/6/1996
Controversial piece: The hulking bronze sculpture of The Archer caused a public furor when it was brought to grace the square outside Toronto City Hall at taxpayers' expense
Controversial piece: The hulking bronze sculpture of The Archer caused a public furor when it was brought to grace the square outside Toronto City Hall at taxpayers' expense
8/31/1986
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
Peter Anson Examines Eskimo Sculpture
Peter Anson Examines Eskimo Sculpture
1/8/1975