Gordon Appelbe Smith (Canadian, 1919-2020)
Rising Form, c. 1967 (maquette)
brazed bronze on cor-ten steel
12” long x 5 1/2” wide x 8 3/8” high
Notes: The full-sized sculpture is currently in the collection of the Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University and was recently included in Andrew Hunter’s Exhibition This is Montreal! That “… reflects an engagement with a desire to move beyond didactic or academic articulations of a collection to explore the failure of memory, embrace the creative possibilities of getting it wrong and accept that our ideas of the “real” are largely constructed and imaginary.”
Markings: signed in body, ‘GORD’; original gallery label on base, ‘TITLE: Rising Form ‘67 Maquette’ / ‘MEDIUM Brazed Bronze on Cor-Ten Steel’ / ‘ARTIST Gord Smith’ / ‘No.’ / ‘THE WADDINGTON GALLERIES INC.’ / 1456 SHERBROOKE ST. WEST – MONTREAL 25’
Condition: Vintage; Excellent
Provenance: The Waddington Galleries Inc., 1456 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, Canada
Exhibitions: This is Montreal! Rising Form, 1964. Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University
