Research in artworks: Gift

A Mari Usque Ad Mare

Joe Chomistek, A Mari Usque Ad Mare, 1984
Rock carving depicting a map of Canada and the nation's Coat of Arms. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Chomistek, Joe
Installation year: 
1984

Babylon (and the Tower of Babel)

John McEwen, Babylon (and the Tower of Babel),1991John McEwen, Babylon (and the Tower of Babel),1991John McEwen, Babylon (and the Tower of Babel),1991
A series of seven rusted metal pedestals in which the letters of the word “Babylon” are formed as interior voids. Mounted atop one pedestal is a large urn set at a tilt, and atop another is one of McE [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
McEwen, John
Installation year: 
2003

Cours d’eau littéraire

Annie Pelletier, Cours d’eau littéraire, 2004Annie Pelletier, Cours d’eau littéraire, 2004Annie Pelletier, Cours d’eau littéraire, 2004
The installation includes rectangular stainless steel plates and words cut out of steel sheets. Inserted between plates, these words form eight sentences. The work as a whole lies on a gravel bed with [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Pelletier, Annie
Installation year: 
2004

Debout

Roger Langevin, Debout, 1989
30 bronze plaques placed in a circle around a statue of the poet Félix Leclerc. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Langevin, Roger
Installation year: 
1989

Fontaine de Tourny

Mathurin Moreau, Fontaine de TournyMathurin Moreau, Fontaine de TournyMathurin Moreau, Fontaine de Tourny
Fontain with a poem by Marie Laberge on one side. The base of the fountain lies in a circular granite basin. The fountain features sixteen frogs and four statues around the octogonal pedestal holding [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Moreau, Mathurin

Frost Memorial Sculpture

Karen Huska, Frost Memorial Sculpture, 2004Karen Huska, Frost Memorial Sculpture, 2004
Table and chairs. Text is engraved in the table and, in the middle, a representation of the Earth is inserted. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Huska, Karen
Installation year: 
2004

Hommage à Claude Jutra

Charles Daudelin, Hommage à Claude Jutra, 1997Charles Daudelin, Hommage à Claude Jutra, 1997
The upper part of the sculpture is occupied by a complex cylindrical composition with an orange sphere in the middle. A circular brass plate featuring a cut out inscription sits at the center of the s [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Daudelin, Charles
Installation year: 
1997

Hommage à Mihai Eminescu 1850-1889, poète national roumain

Vasile Gorduz, Hommage à Mihai Eminescu, 2004Vasile Gorduz, Hommage à Mihai Eminescu, 2004
Statue of the poet Mihai Eminescu with a plaque on the ground featuring a quote. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Gorduz, Vasile
Installation year: 
2004

Le poète dans l’univers

Georges Lauda & Paul Pannier, Poète dans l’univers,1968.Georges Lauda & Paul Pannier, Poète dans l’univers,1968.Georges Lauda & Paul Pannier, Poète dans l’univers,1968.
Three major Quebec poets - Émile Nelligan (1879-1941), Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau (1912-1943) and, of course, Octave Crémazie (1827-1879) for whom the metro station was named - are represented by i [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Lauda, Georges; Pannier, Paul
Installation year: 
1968

L’histoire de la musique à Montréal

Frédéric Back, L’histoire de la musique à Montréal, 1967Frédérick Back, L’histoire de la musique à Montréal, 1967Frédéric Back, L’histoire de la musique à Montréal, 1967Frédéric Back, L’histoire de la musique à Montréal, 1967
The huge artwork consists of thousands of superimposed glass slats, lit by 105 tubes and supported by one tonne of steel. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Back, Frédéric
Installation year: 
1967

L’Île des Commencements

Rober Racine, L’Île des Commencements, 1995Rober Racine, L’Île des Commencements, 1995Rober Racine, L’Île des Commencements, 1995Rober Racine, L’Île des Commencements, 1995
The artwork consists of a granite bench, 26 slabs embedded in the ground and 4 small bronze pieces grafted to the Maison des Éclusiers. The bench reproduce the shape of Ilot Normandin, a small island [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Racine, Rober
Installation year: 
1995

Marking High Tide and Waiting for Low Tide

Don Vaughan, Marking High Tide and Waiting for Low Tide, 1996Don Vaughan, Marking High Tide and Waiting for Low Tide, 1996Don Vaughan, Marking High Tide and Waiting for Low Tide, 1996Don Vaughan, Marking High Tide and Waiting for Low Tide, 1996
Two sculptural elements are installed along the False Creek shoreline, between the Burrard and Granville bridges, and below the pump station: a circle of stones and a concrete ring resting on columns. [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Vaughan, Don
Installation year: 
1996

Monument to Honoré Mercier

 Paul Chevré, Monument to Honoré Mercier, 1912
Honoré Mercier was Prime Minister of Quebec from 1887 to 1892 and this bronze statue shows him as a tribune. Two high-reliefs adorn the monument: a woman holding a flag, a symbol of patriotism, and pe [...]
Artwork creator(s): 
Chevré, Paul
Installation year: 
1912

Monument to Jean Lesage

Annick Bourgeau, Monument to Jean Lesage, 2000
Artwork creator(s): 
Bourgeau, Annick
Installation year: 
2000

Monument to Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine

Henri Hébert, Monument to Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine
Artwork creator(s): 
Hébert, Henri
Installation year: 
1921