Inventory # HO20520-E19007-039

20th century
Canadian

FLQ Mailbox, Montreal (Crane Lifting Mailbox)
gelatin silver print
on verso titled and dated 1963
10 1/2 x 13 1/2 in, 26.7 x 34.3 cm

PROVENANCE
Estate of the Artist
Private Collection
Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto


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André Sima was a Hungarian photographer who settled in Canada in the late 1950s. From 1957 to 1980, Sima worked as a commercial photographer in Montreal. This photograph was taken on May 17, 1963, and depicts a site of a successful bomb diffusing, after the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) placed 10 bombs in 10 residential mailboxes in the Westmount district of Montréal. This work portrays an important moment in Canadian history.

Please note: this work is unframed.

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