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A photo credit is supplied for a studio portrait of Frances Loring.
The Pollock Gallery (active 1960–1981), was a commercial art gallery in Toronto established by art dealer, author, art educator and painter Jack Pollock. First located at 205 Elizabeth St in downtown Toronto in 1960, the gallery initially represented Canadian artists, most notably Norval Morrisseau. In 1966, the gallery showed works by the Hungarian-Canadian painter Julius Marosan. Later, works by British and American and other artists were exhibited, including those by David Hockney, Willem de Kooning, Anni Albers and Dieter Roth.
Within a year, the gallery relocated to 201 Elizabeth St (1961–1963), then 599 Markham St (1963–1971, with another site at 604A King St West 1966–1968), 356 Dundas St West (1972–1975, with another site at the Toronto Dominion Centre 1972–1973), and lastly 122 Scollard St in the Yorkville area of Toronto (1975–1982, with another site, 209 Adelaide St East 1980–1983). During its years of activity, the gallery employed Brian A. Marshall Schieder, Philip Ottenbrite (assistant director), Eva Quan, Frank Costin, Laurie Payne (graphic director), Helen Boyd, Renya Onasick (advertising and publicity), Lawrence Hurst (gallery administrator), Stephen Long (librarian) and others. Within months after Jack Pollock became chronically ill, the main gallery officially closed in December, 1981; the Pollock Gallery went into bankruptcy in 1983.
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Edward P. Taylor Library and Archives, Art Gallery of Ontario
Series comprises photographs of American-Canadian artist Frances Loring (1887–1968) and some of her sculptures, together with photos of sculptures by her companion, American-Canadian artist Florence Wyle (1881–1968), taken in Toronto and other places in Ontario, between 1916 and (probably) the 1950s. The Pollock Gallery held Loring & Wyle exhibitions in 1966 and 1969.
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Photographs of Loring and Wyle and their sculptures will also be found in the Frances Loring and Florence Wyle fonds (SC029) and in the Photographs of Canadian Artists collection (SC024), including a photo of Florence Wyle with Jack Pollock in 1966.
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File contains studio portraits (3) of Frances Loring, one of which is dated 1916, and an undated photo of the artist beside a relief sculpture, possibly from the 1950s. Photo credit: Ashley & Crippen (Toronto).
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File contains undated large format photos of relief and other sculptures, including some working models, most of them labelled with the sculptor's name, the title of the work and its location or intended location.
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File contains an undated photo of Frances Loring in her studio and undated photos of sculptures on large format mounts.
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