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Linda Covit

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Linda Covit
Born1948 (age 75–76)
Montreal, Quebec
Known forsculptor

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

Public artworks

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Caesura, by Linda Covit
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

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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]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Covit, Linda". Collections | MNBAQ.
  2. ^ a b "Linda Covit".
  3. ^ "Sculpture". 1994.
  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.