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Canadian artist Charles Comfort, 77, stands in front of frieze he created in 1936 to decorate Toronto Stock Exchange on Bay Street. Artist deies hiden(...)
Canadian artist Charles Comfort, 77, stands in front of frieze he created in 1936 to decorate Toronto Stock Exchange on Bay Street. Artist deies hiden(...)

Canadian artist Charles Comfort, 77, stands in front of frieze he created in 1936 to decorate Toronto Stock Exchange on Bay Street. Artist deies hiden(...)

Date10/17/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: Canadian artist Charles Comfort, 77, stands in front of frieze he created in 1936 to decorate Toronto Stock Exchange on Bay Street. Artist deies hiden symbolism on frieze depicts capitalist, with his hand where worker's pocket should be pping off the worker. Comfort also created eight murds that decorate the trading area, but only saw them in place yesterday.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0039827F
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