Sold for: $4,063

PROVENANCE
Estate of the Artist
Private Collection
Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto

EXHIBITED
The Hague, Holland, World Press Photo Annual Contest for the Best Press Pictures of the World, December 14, 1963 - January 27, 1964

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André Sima was a Hungarian photographer who settled in Canada in the late 1950s. From 1957 to 1980, Sima worked as a commercial photographer in Montreal. This series of six photographs was taken on May 17, 1963. The photographs show Canadian Army sergeant major, Walter Leja, attempting to defuse one of the 10 explosive devices that the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) had placed in 10 residential mailboxes in the Westmount district of Montreal. Walter Leja was injured in the process.

Sima won first place in the 1964 Picture of the Year competition sponsored by National Press Photographers Association University of Missouri School of Journalism. This Lot includes the original first prize award for this competition and the certificate of merit, as well as a clipping of an article reporting Sima’s receipt of the award.

This work is comprised of six gelatin silver prints, printed in 1963 and mounted on a board. Each print is 6 1/2 x 7 inches. The full board with the six prints measures 14 x 19 3/4 inches.

Please note: this work is unframed.

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