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THE REFERENDUM VENTRILOQUIST

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Date:

[between 1979 and 1980]

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R429, Volume number: 47

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3021390

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John Bell collection

THE REFERENDUM VENTRILOQUIST
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Date(s):

[between 1979 and 1980]

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 drawing / dessin : pen/brush and black ink over pencil on wove paper; 36.6 x 29.3 cm.
Support 36.600 x 29.300 cm

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an original editorial cartoon depicting René Lévesque sitting on a stool with two ventriloquist's dummies on each knee labelled "Sov." and "Ass." for sovereignty-association

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Artist: Collins, John, 1917-2007

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Collins, John, 1917-2007 : John Collins was born in Washington, D.C. in 1917. At the end of the First World War, he moved to Canada with his family. Collins studied art at Sir George Williams University and the Montreal School of Fine Arts. In 1939, he became the Montreal Gazette's first editorial cartoonist. His tenure with the Gazette lasted four decades until he retired in 1982. His cartoons usually included his signature character "Uno Who", a perplexed observer of the unfolding political scene, recognizable by the barrel he sported in place of a shirt and pants.

The cartoonist was the recipient of the National Newspaper Award for his work in both 1954 and 1973. In 1971, he created the mural for the Humour Pavilion at the Man and His world exhibition on the site of Expo '67. He is probably best remembered for his whimsical line drawings which illustrated Edgar Andrew Collard's local history column "All Our Yesterdays". Collins also created well-received sketches and watercolours of Montreal streetscapes. In 2000, a book of his sketches "Montreal Memories of the Century" was published.

Collins ' cartoon work is reminiscent of a gentler time as he strove to illustrate his political points without malice and offence. During his time at the Gazette, it is believed he created more than 15,000 cartoons.

John Collins died at the age of 89 on September 17, 2007 and was survived by his wife Edna whom he had married in 1945.
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cartoon / dessin humoristique

Lévesque, René // Quebec referendum // Sovereignty-Association /
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Private

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00003
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R429]

[Consultation 90 Open]

47 Item no. assigned by LAC 3

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R429-3
Copyright: Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada

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