Theodore Allen Heinrich, Toronto
Waddington’s, auction, Estate of Theodore Allen Heinrich, Toronto, 1981/82
Private Collection, Ontario
Literature
Ihor Holubizky, editor, “Sorel Etrog: Five Decades”, Art Gallery of Toronto, 2013, illustrated page 27, listed page 116
Theodore Allen Heinrich, Introduction to “Etrog: Painting on Wood/ Sculptures/ Drawings”, Gallery Moos, Toronto, 1959, not paginated
Etrog had his first solo exhibition in Canada in October 1959 at Gallery Moos, Toronto. Then the Director of the Royal Ontario Museum, Theodore Heinrich contributed the introduction to the exhibition pamphlet for this inaugural Canadian show. Describing Etrog's art, Heinrich wrote:
“[Etrog] has a strongly musical sense for rhythms, balances and silence. He has a profound capacity for experiencing and conveying emotion. His work is imbued with poetic fantasy...Above all he has something to say. The adventurous art of Sorel Etrog is centred on increasingly simple but constantly more meaningful form in conjunction with intricately subtle balances of movement, weight and colour.”
“Haialet” is a captivating early work composed of Etrog's signature intertwining parts and highlighted textural surface. This bronze sculpture was acquired by Heinrich and remained in his collection for two decades.
