Moore Work Rejected
The city fathers of Toronto rejected by a 13 to 10 vote a massive bronze creation by Henry Moore, the British sculptor, “The Times” reported. His Three Way Piece Number Two (Archer) had been scaled to a size suitable for mounting in Nation Philips square in the shadow of Toronto’s new and arresting city hall.
Mr Moore; in a telephone call to the “Toronto Daily Star" is reported to have said he was sorry about the decision but not deterred. The sculpture, he added, was bound for another destination if not Toronto. “The Times” correspondent said it seemed there was a battle in the council about buying the work, which would have cost Toronto, after mounting It in the civic square with suitable illumination, some £50,000. It was possible that, the council might have preferred a work by one of Toronto’s own sculptors.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 31027, 5 April 1966, Page 8
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146Moore Work Rejected Press, Volume CV, Issue 31027, 5 April 1966, Page 8
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