Sorel Etrog


1933 - 2014

Bronze, 1963
20.5 x 8 x 8.25 in

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Bronze, 1965
31.5 x 13.5 x 7 in

$50,000.00

Sorel Etrog Biography

1933 - 2014

One of Canada’s most important sculptors, Sorel Etrog was appointed a member of the Order of Canada in 1994, and Chevalier dans L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by France in 1996; Etrog’s work is represented in major capitals and cities of the world and is included in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, among others._ Sorel Etrog’s work develops a complex visual vocabulary that explores time and the permanent bond between the plastic arts, with architecture on one hand, and society on the other. Etrog explores spontaneous symbols, primal elements and the relationship between form and symbol. The artist describes his art as “tension created by pulling together and pulling apart, with being stuck and being freed, a world of grabbing and holding on and losing hold… bringing shapes together but at the same time giving each an independence.” Etrog designed Canada’s top film award in 1968, “the Genie” statuette (which was known as “the Etrog” until 1980) and has collaborated with artists such as Eugene Ionesco, Samuel Beckett, John Cage and Marshall McLuhan. He has received several important commissions, including those for Expo ’67, Montreal; SunLife Centre, Toronto; Windsor Sculpture Garden, Windsor, Ontario; Los Angeles County Museum, and Olympic Park in Seoul, Korea.  His work has been part of many group exhibitions at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; The Carnegie International, Pittsburg; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture garden, Washington, D.C.; Palazzo Vecchio, Florence; Musée des Beaux-Arts, Le Havre; Musée Rodin, Paris; Kunstmuseum, Basel; and the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris.

Bronze, 1969
8 x 7 x 3.5 in

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Bronze, 1972
9 x 1.75 x 1.75 in

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Bronze, 1968
21.5 x 14 x 10 in

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Bronze, 1988
17.75 x 5.5 x 3 in

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Bronze, 1976
6.5 x 4 x 1.5 in

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Bronze, 1967
27 x 21.5 x 5.5 in

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Bronze, 1978
15.5 x 4.5 x 4 in

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Bronze, circa 1974
13.75 x 5 x 3.5 in

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Bronze, 1958
18.5 x 12 x 19.5 in

$45,000.00

Painted Steel, 1981
11 x 17 x 3.75 in

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Bronze
11.75 x 6.75 x 6.5 in

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Bronze, 1981
14 x 10 x 10 in

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Bronze, 1959
13 x 11 x 10 in

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Polished Brasscirca
43 x 11.75 x 7.5 in

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painted bronze, 1973
13.75 x 6.25 x 2.75 in

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painted bronze, circa 1971
23.75 x 12.5 x 6.25 in

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Bronze, circa 1960
25.5 x 5 x 5 in

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painted bronze, circa 1973
13.75 x 2.75 x 2.5

$18,000.00