EBA Rubbing and Photo

Alexandre Castonguay

BIRTH YEAR 1968
BIRTH PLACE Hull, Quebec
MEDIUM Rubbing and Van Dyke Brown photographic process on paper
DATE 1997
DIMENSIONS 178.1cm x 61cm
ACCESSION NUMBER 2005.04.01
CREDIT LINE Collection of the Ottawa Art Gallery: gift of Dr. Welberne and Carol Reesor, 2005
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
A two part image includes an old photograph of a building (currently known as the Enriched Bread Studio in Ottawa.), with a rubbing taken from a plaque on the building. The text is upside down and reads: "LAID BY / THE EMPLOYEES OF/ THE STANDARD BREAD CO/ LIMITED/ AUG 20TH 1924/ AUDACES FORTUNA JUVAT".

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