[Rarebooks] fs: Quebec Sculptor Laliberte -1934 catalog

[Joslin Hall Rare Books, ABAA]

LEGENDES - COUTUMES - METIERS DE LA NOUVELLE FRANCE, BRONZES d'ALFRED 
LALIBERTE.

Montreal; Librarie Beauchemin Limitee:1934. A survey of the work of this 
popular French-Canadian sculptor.  Born in Quebec in 1878, as a child 
Laliberte learned to carve wood with a pocketknife on his family farm.  At 
the age of 20 he completed a full-size statue of the Canadian Prime 
Minister for the Provincial Exhibition in Quebec City, and the Prime 
Minister was so enchanted that he encouraged the young man to attend art 
classes at the Societe des Arts in Montreal.  Laliberte later also attended 
the Conseil des Arts et Metiers and then traveled to Paris, to the Ecole 
des Beaux-Arts for more study.
After Paris he returned to his native land and completed both large 
commissions and smaller works.

Although he had been heavily influenced by Auguste Rodin, Laliberte managed 
to move on into his own unique style, and it was in that style that he 
created perhaps his most famous sculptures.  This was a series of 200 or so 
small pieces completed between 1928 and 1932, based on the humble workers 
of his own home town in Quebec, which he called " Legends, Metiers et 
Coutumes".   These pieces show a wide variety of men and women engaged in 
the crafts and work of a typical Quebec rural community, and it was this 
work that earned him his title, "Sculptor of the Rural Tradition".  	

This study is a well illustrated study of these rural pieces, illustrating 
French-Canadian men and women and their everyday 
tasks.  Softcover.  9.5"x12", 7 pages of text plus 122 b/w plates; covers 
with moderate wear. [13133] Special Year-End Price: $75.00 net.

Several copies listed by Bookfinder, priced between $88.00-$236.00.

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