Public Artwork

Nef pour quatorze reines

Rose-Marie E. Goulet, Nef pour quatorze reines, 1999. © Denis Farley
Rose-Marie E. Goulet, Nef pour quatorze reines, 1999. © Denis Farley
Rose-Marie E. Goulet, Nef pour quatorze reines, 1999. © Denis Farley
Location:
Place du 6 décembre 1989, Montréal, QC, Canada
Artwork creator(s): 
Goulet, Rose-Marie E.
Text author(s): 
Goulet, Rose-Marie E.
Collaborator(s): 
Robert, Marie-Claude (landscape architect)
Installation year: 
1999
Remarks on location: 

The square is located between Decelles, Troy and Gatineau Avenues, and Queen Mary Road.

Description: 

This commemorative work is part of Place du 6 décembre 1989, a memorial public place dedicated to the fourteen victims of the École Polytechnique de Montréal Massacre. Seven granite arches are installed next to each other at irregular intervals, on either side of the footpath. Visitors can read the name of one of the deceased written in inverted letters. The first letter of each name consists of a stainless steel '"commemorative stone". At the base of each of these monuments, the date of birth and date of death of the young woman is written. Two rows of trees are aligned parallel to this memorial.

Text of the artwork: 

Maryse Laganière 

Barbara Daigneault 

Maryse Leclair 

Maud Haviernick 

Anne-Marie Lemay 

Anne-Marie Edward

Sonia Pelletier 

Barbara Daigneault 

Michèle Richard 

Nathalie Croteau 

Annie St-Arneault 

Hélène Colgan 

Annie Turcotte 

Geneviève Bergeron

Text theme: 
Victim name
Artwork theme: 

The work is part of the commemorative Place du 6 décembre 1989, dedicated to the fourteen victims of École Polytechnique Massacre

Dimensions:

Width: 
21m
Depth: 
1.13 m
Propriétaire(s): 
City of Montréal
Document(s): 

Remembering Dec. 6 : City unveils plans for tree-lined park near cemetery

Beaudin, Monique (1999).  Remembering Dec. 6 : City unveils plans for tree-lined park near cemetery. The Gazette. (May 7), p. A3

So people will remember, Monument's unveiling marks 10th anniversary of massacre

Fidelman, Charlie (1999).  So people will remember, Monument's unveiling marks 10th anniversary of massacre. The Gazette. (December 6), p. A1-A3

Dans le sommeil des noms

Latour, Jean-Pierre (2000).  Dans le sommeil des noms. Espace. no. 52 (Été-Summer) , p. 36-39

Projets, archives et documents

Goulet, Rose-Marie E. (2005).  Projets, archives et documents. Montréal : Centre de diffusion 3D, p. 78

À la mémoire des victimes du 6 décembre 1989

[Anonymous] (1999).  À la mémoire des victimes du 6 décembre 1989. Le Presse. (8 mai)