Montreal sculptor fights San Francisco’s plans to remove controversial fountain he designed decades ago | Unpublished
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Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Eric Andrew-Gee
Publication Date: September 29, 2025 - 06:26

Montreal sculptor fights San Francisco’s plans to remove controversial fountain he designed decades ago

September 29, 2025

The Vaillancourt Fountain was born controversial.

The fiery, long-haired Québécois sculptor Armand Vaillancourt spent four years in San Francisco erecting the brutalist tangle of concrete on the city’s new Justin Herman Plaza – only to be left off the guest list for its grand unveiling in 1971.



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