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Sketches of François Roux, Richard Thérrien and François Bélisle

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Date:

January - March 1971

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Box number: BK-235

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2874096

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Duncan Macpherson fonds

Sketches of the Front de libération du Québec trial

Sketches of François Roux, Richard Thérrien and François Bélisle
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Date(s):

January - March 1971

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 drawing / dessin : pencil with black marker pen notations on wove paper
Support 27.500 x 35.200 cm

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three-quarter sketches of François Roux, Richard Terrien and François Belisle, Recto: Roux has long hair, a mustache, a red ribbed sweater, is 5'11" tall, and about 22 years old. Thérrien is described as being tall, with glasses, wearing a dark blue shirt, and grey suit. He is about 20. Bélisle has med. length hair, blue shirt, red tie, and is 5'5" tall, and aged 19. Verso: Yves Roy is 24, heavy set, wears a grey shirt, has mustache and small beard, and med. length blonde hair. Larivière is 22, has short brown hair, is tall, solid, and wears a shirt with white sleeveless sweater. Dupuis is 24, has short hair, a smirk, wears a blue turtle-neck sweater, and is small. There are two further drawings: a man to the left of the judge and a lawyer., Bélisle & Thérrien were accused of being accessories to the murder of Pierre Laporte, and were found guilty. Roux was the photographer who first saw the body of Laporte. He was accused of obstructing justice for not calling the police immediately, thus preventing pursuit of killers. He was sentenced to a year. Roy, Larivière and Dupuis were accused of being accessories to the murder of Laporte, and of belonging to the F.L.Q., This collection contains 9 sketchbooks and 15 (approx.) large works. The sketches for political cartoons, mostly of FLQ trials, 1970-71.

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Artist: Macpherson, Duncan Ian, 1924-1993

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General note:

Set: Sketches for the F. L. Q. Crisis Trials

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Signed. Dated., Inscription: Recto: François Roux. Richard Thérrien. François Bélisle. [recto, plus colour notes]; Verso: Yves Roy, Claude Larivière, Robert Dupuis. [lower edge, plus colour notes]

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[Françcois Roux, Richard Thérrien, and Françcois Belisle.] F.L. Q. Trials, 1971
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political

social

politique

Montréal (Québec)

October crisis / F.L.Q. / Terrien, Richard / Roux, François / Belisle, François
Source:

Private

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1971-048 PIC
00060
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [1971-048]

[Consultation 90 Open]

BK-235 Item no. assigned by LAC 60

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [00060] C-039608

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1971-48-60R Source: Gift of Mr. Duncan Macpherson, Toronto, Ontario.
Copyright: Estate of Duncan Macpherson. Copies not to be provided without the express written consent of the Estate of Duncan Macpherson

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