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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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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0104352F
      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
      Bezant, Graham
      12/13/1967
      Sculptor Armand Vaillancourt and blast furnace
      Sculptor Armand Vaillancourt and blast furnace
      Griffin, Doug
      8/31/1967
      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 (...)
      Bezant, Graham
      8/14/1968
      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(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      7/18/1967
      $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
      Darrell, Dick
      5/20/1968
      Armand Vaillancourt. Born in Montreal, 1932. Exhibited in the United States at Expo, Montreal and Toronto International airports
      Armand Vaillancourt. Born in Montreal, 1932. Exhibited in the United States at Expo, Montreal and Toronto International airports
      James, Norman
      7/7/1967
      Armand Vaillancourt Vaillancourt, sculptor with a passion
      Armand Vaillancourt Vaillancourt, sculptor with a passion
      Philp, Barry
      4/21/1967
      Winning clients: Edmund Gosse, Sun Life's Canadian property manager, sits beside a $30,000 model of Toronto, used to help sell his company's office towers to potential tenants
      Winning clients: Edmund Gosse, Sun Life's Canadian property manager, sits beside a $30,000 model of Toronto, used to help sell his company's office towers to potential tenants
      Brennan, Pat
      9/23/1984
      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(...)
      Darrell, Dick
      5/20/1968
      Armand Vaillancourt
      Armand Vaillancourt
      Bezant, Graham
      n.d.
      Armand Vaillancourt
      Armand Vaillancourt
      Slaughter, Mike
      11/6/1979
      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
      James, Norman
      7/6/1967