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130:, citing safety concerns due to an ant infestation and other animals degrading the structure. Davies' son Bryan evaluated the damage as only superficial and contended the sculpture could have been repaired. In negotiations about compensation to Davies for the destruction, the Davies family proposal included an apology and commissioning of a new $ 60,000 sculpture by Davies. Lambton College was unwilling to fund a new piece and unlikely to apologize stating, "we believe Lambton was well within its moral and legal rights". The college president Tony Hanlon in an email to Bryan sought assurances that there would be no further public criticism of the college. Bryan Davies stated, "My father cannot, in good conscience, agree not to speak out". In 2006, Davies sued the college for $ 1.2 million, contending the college failed to maintain the structure. Davies died in 2008 and the lawsuit was settled in 2010, with the details not made public. 64: 308: 394: 384: 404: 389: 250: 177: 286: 206: 189: 399: 145: 276: 379: 81: 30: 181: 8: 313: 255: 234: 211: 110: 185: 232:
Adams, James (2 July 2005). "Sculptor's family decries dismantling of wood piece".
348: 334: 144:, by Anthony Black. The play was first produced in 2009 by 2b theatre company of 85: 55: 108:, a wooden structure, outside the main entrance of the college. James Adams of 373: 96:, Canada. It was constructed in 1975 and destroyed by the college in 2005. 77: 281: 63: 140:
The story of the sculpture's destruction inspired a play, called
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which called it an arbitrary decision to destroy the structure.
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In 1974, the college commissioned Davies to construct
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Allied Arts: Architecture and Craft in Postwar Canada
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Alfoldy, Sandra (2012). "Chapter 3: Scale and Form".
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The remains of Homage in the field behind the school.
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Haydn Llewellyn Davies
Lambton College

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McGill-Queen's University Press
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ISBN
9780773539600
"It's gone 'far beyond' an apology"
The Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail
"Sculptor takes stand in dispute"
The Globe and Mail
"College tears down Davies sculpture"
CBC News
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
"College and sculptor resolve dispute over destroyed art"
The Globe and Mail
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