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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.
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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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