, 2008. Fibreglass stone and airplane. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Purchased 2011. Photo © Roman März](/images/content/menuSeeGallery.png)
Benjamin West
The Death of General Wolfe (Detail), 1770
oil on canvas
152.6 x 214.5 cm
Transfer from the Canadian War Memorials, 1921 (Gift of the 2nd Duke of Westminster, England, 1918)
National Gallery of Canada (no. 8007)
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144 Copper Square, 1969
Carl Andre
American, 1935
144 copper plates
0.95 x 365.8 x 365.8 cm assembled flat; copper plates: .95 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm each
Purchased 1969
National Gallery of Canada (no. 15897.1-144)
"144 Copper Square" is one of several squares that American sculptor Carl Andre made of various metals: lead, magnesium, iron, zinc, aluminum, and copper. Each square is composed of one metal and shows the distinct physical properties of its material: weight, colour, lustre, the sound that the plate makes when walked upon. To underscore his focus on materials, the artist displayed a periodic table of elements on the wall in earlier installations of these works, referring to the table as his "palette". Reduced to square grids that recall scientific tabulations, Andre's sculptures allow the viewer to observe and experience the materials directly. Even the form he uses refers back to their elemental materiality.
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