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Plaza in Venice

Henri Masson

BIRTH YEAR 1907
BIRTH PLACE Namur, Belgium
DEATH YEAR 1996
DEATH PLACE Ottawa, Ontario
MEDIUM Oil on masonite
DATE 1970
DIMENSIONS 19.1cm x 15.6cm
ACCESSION NUMBER FAC 1015
CREDIT LINE Firestone Collection of Canadian Art, the Ottawa Art Gallery. Donated to the City of Ottawa by the Ontario Heritage Foundation
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Thick strokes of paint depicts five figures in a plaza. One of the figures is seated on the base of a tall monument or lamp post in the right side of the image. There are three figures to the left of that, in orange, purple and green respectively. The last figure is in the foreground on the right, in blue. Buildings with many windows run across the background, in various shades of brown, yellow and red.

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