Identity area
Reference code
CA OTUTF MS COLL 00459
Title
Leon Katz Momento Books
Date(s)
- 1970-1998 (Creation)
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Accession
Extent and medium
2 volumes.
Context area
Name of creator
(1906-2000)
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Scope and content
Two-volume book which consists of 341 paintings, sketches, prints, collages, autographs, partial music scores, poetry and prose collected by Katz, with the help of his wife Johanna, over nearly three decades, from 1970-1998.
Among the Canadian contributors: Farley Mowat, Margaret Atwood, Northup Frye, Robertson Davies, Michael Ondaatje, Arthur Lismer, Thoreau MacDonald (a frequent contributor), Leon Bellefleur. Interest
contributors: Marc Chagall, Rufino Tamayo, Henry Moore, Andy Warhol, among many others.
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Conditions governing access
Material may be requested in person at the Fisher Library Reference Desk, or in advance using our online stack retrieval request form: https://aeon.library.utoronto.ca
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Language of material
- English
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Description identifier
CA OTUTF MS COLL00459
Institution identifier
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto