Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Frank Gehry in Toronto: Transforming the Art Gallery of Ontario - Featuring photographs by Edward Burtynsky.
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Bib. Number0021526
Frank Gehry in Toronto: Transforming the Art Gallery of Ontario - Featuring photographs by Edward Burtynsky.
PublisherMerrell Publishers Ltd
Place PublishedLondon
Year2009
Date & Collation96pp.illus.
LanguageEnglish
More InformationHighly illustrated guide to the Frank Gehry re-design of the Art Gallery of Ontario. Illustrates Gehry's original sketches as well as interior and exterior photographs by Burtynsky. Page 82, mention of Moore within Robert FULFORD's essay Wood, Light and Dreams; A Museum in Frank Gehry's Neighbourhood. Focus on the acquisition of Moore's Three Way Piece No. 2: The Archer 1964-65 bronze, (LH 535), illustrated. Recounts how the purchase became politicised when Phil Givens and Alderman William Dennison argued fore and against the Moore piece in their mayoral election campaigns. Notes that Givens believed his support for Moore cost him the election. Page 51 shows Henry Moore Sculpture Centre with Moore's plaster sculptures wrapped in protective plastic. Pages 59, 87 and 89 show Moore's Large Two Forms 1969 bronze, (LH 556) outside the AGO.