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The Bust and the Portrait

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Artist
Joseph Francis Plaskett (1918 – 2014, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
etching; aquatint on paper
Catalogue Number
PlJ.04.05
Description
On back: This is a later stage of my 3rd etching. It needs more development yet. Same as PlJ.04.04, except background in portrait is blackened and darker emphasis on back of head of bust.
Artist
Joseph Francis Plaskett (1918 – 2014, Canadian)
Title
The Bust and the Portrait
Date
n.d.
Medium
etching; aquatint on paper
Dimensions
17; 17.9 x 14; 14.3 cm
Description
On back: This is a later stage of my 3rd etching. It needs more development yet. Same as PlJ.04.04, except background in portrait is blackened and darker emphasis on back of head of bust.
Subject
portrait
male
Credit
Gift of Elizabeth Rummel, Banff, 1981
Catalogue Number
PlJ.04.05
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The Bust and the Portrait

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactplj.04.04
Artist
Joseph Francis Plaskett (1918 – 2014, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
etching; aquatint on paper
Catalogue Number
PlJ.04.04
Description
On back: This is a proof of my 3rd etching at a certain point in its development. It is mostly aquatint. A bust in the lower right corner in front of a large portrait in an ornate frame, only part of the frame is shown; muted shades.
Artist
Joseph Francis Plaskett (1918 – 2014, Canadian)
Title
The Bust and the Portrait
Date
n.d.
Medium
etching; aquatint on paper
Dimensions
16.9; 17.7 x 14.2; 14.2 cm
Description
On back: This is a proof of my 3rd etching at a certain point in its development. It is mostly aquatint. A bust in the lower right corner in front of a large portrait in an ornate frame, only part of the frame is shown; muted shades.
Subject
portrait
male
Credit
Gift of Elizabeth Rummel, Banff, 1981
Catalogue Number
PlJ.04.04
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Artist
Joseph Francis Plaskett (1918 – 2014, Canadian)
Date
1954
Medium
etching; soft ground; aquatint on paper
Catalogue Number
PlJ.04.06
Description
On back: Soft ground, and aquatint, - etching. Balcony scene in theatre, people seated in three rows around circular overlooking lower floor (stage). Circle in left bottom of picture, rows emanating behind.
Artist
Joseph Francis Plaskett (1918 – 2014, Canadian)
Title
Theatre, Paris 1954
Date
1954
Medium
etching; soft ground; aquatint on paper
Dimensions
17.8; 18.5 x 23.5; 23.5 cm
Description
On back: Soft ground, and aquatint, - etching. Balcony scene in theatre, people seated in three rows around circular overlooking lower floor (stage). Circle in left bottom of picture, rows emanating behind.
Subject
figure
group
Credit
Gift of Elizabeth Rummel, Banff, 1981
Catalogue Number
PlJ.04.06
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Artist
Joseph Francis Plaskett (1918 – 2014, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
etching on paper
Catalogue Number
PlJ.04.03
Description
On back: This is nearly the final stage of my first etching, with a deep bite added. Upside/down advanced version of PlJ.04.02. Snake skin texture top left two thirds, woven texture lower right areas; light areas dominate, curving dark lines, embossed outlines.
Artist
Joseph Francis Plaskett (1918 – 2014, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
n.d.
Medium
etching on paper
Dimensions
13.8; 14.5 x 10; 10 cm
Description
On back: This is nearly the final stage of my first etching, with a deep bite added. Upside/down advanced version of PlJ.04.02. Snake skin texture top left two thirds, woven texture lower right areas; light areas dominate, curving dark lines, embossed outlines.
Subject
abstract
non-representational
Credit
Gift of Elizabeth Rummel, Banff, 1981
Catalogue Number
PlJ.04.03
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Artist
Joseph Francis Plaskett (1918 – 2014, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
etching on paper
Catalogue Number
PlJ.04.02
Description
On back: This is my first etching - one of the more advanced states. - Experiment with textures. Abstract shapes over all design, predominately dark, strong dark vertical on left side of middle, woven texture in small areas mainly top two-thirds; also area of snake skin texture lower and right two …
Artist
Joseph Francis Plaskett (1918 – 2014, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
n.d.
Medium
etching on paper
Dimensions
13.9; 14.5 x 10.1; 10.1 cm
Description
On back: This is my first etching - one of the more advanced states. - Experiment with textures. Abstract shapes over all design, predominately dark, strong dark vertical on left side of middle, woven texture in small areas mainly top two-thirds; also area of snake skin texture lower and right two thirds.
Subject
abstract
non-representational
Credit
Gift of Elizabeth Rummel, Banff, 1981
Catalogue Number
PlJ.04.02
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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