Linda Covit

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Linda Covit
Born1948 (age 7374)
Montreal, Quebec
Known forsculptor

Linda Covit (born 1948) is a Canadian sculptor known for her public artworks. [1] [2]

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Public artworks

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Caesura, by Linda Covit
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Havre by Linda Covit

In 1994 Covit completed Nature Stations, a public artwork installed at the Cite de la Santé de Laval in Laval, Quebec. [3] [4] The 2002 work Circle of Words, Garden of Thought is installed at the Driftwood Community Centre in Toronto, Ontario. [5] [6] Covit's 2009 sculpture Water Garden is installed at the City of Calgary's Water Centre. [7] Her 2015 large-scale work Havre, at 13m by 16m, is permanently installed on the McGill University Health Centre's Glen site in Montreal. [8] [9]

Collections

Her work is included in the collections of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, [1] the City of Montreal [2] and the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal [10]

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References

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  4. "Work Detail".
  5. Warkentin, John (May 13, 2010). Creating Memory: A Guide to Outdoor Public Sculpture in Toronto. Becker Associates. ISBN   9780919387607 via Google Books.
  6. "Sculptor: Linda Covit - sculpture: Circle of Words, Garden of Thought - Sculpture.org - Sculpture.org". www.sculpture.org.
  7. "10 places to find Calgary's unexpected art | CBC News".
  8. "Linda Covit". McGill University Health Centre.
  9. "Meet the artist behind the new MUHC's iconic public art piece, Havre | CBC News".
  10. "INFO Collection MAC oeuvres 2018" (PDF). macm.org. Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal.