Freda Claire Guttman Bain (born 1934) is a Canadian multidisciplinary artist and activist. Guttman was born March 16, 1934 in Montreal, Quebec. She studied briefly at McGill University, where she befriended Leonard Cohen. She would go on to illustrate Cohen's first book of poetry, Let Us Compare Mythologies. Guttman later moved to Rhode Island, where she received a degree from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1956. From 1972 to 1983, she taught at Concordia University in Montreal. Guttman's work combines elements of politics, economics, sociology and ecology. Her work has been presented in Canada the United States, Europe, Mexico and Nicaragua. Since the early 1980s, Guttman has been involved as an activist in a number of political causes. Her work is included in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec and, the Agnes Etherington Art Centre.

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Title: Luminous Egg

Date: 1976

Medium: etching

Edition: 1 / 35

Accession no: 976.06

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