From Picture framer to art dealer

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From Picture framer to art dealer

Date1/6/1971

Names

Barkley, Harold (photographer)

Isaacs, Avrom, 1926-2016 (subject)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: From Picture framer to art dealer: that's the story of Avrom Isaacs, whose art gallery has become an institution important not only to Canadian art but to Toronto, says freelance writer Barrie Hale. Artist Dennis Burton says of Isaacs, In this country, he is ? the major pivot for Canadian art. We did our work and he got it to the public.

Subject

Country:Canada

Province or state:Ontario

Medium

Photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0056754F

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