Name: A Particularly Large Mid-20thC Plaster Death Mask of a Gentleman
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A Particularly Large Mid-20thC Plaster Death Mask of a Gentleman

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A Particularly Large Mid-20thC Plaster Death Mask of a GentlemanOrigin: Probably English Period: Mid 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1940 60 Height: 15 Depth: 7 Width: 11 (at extremities) The particularly large life size three quarter bust thick heavy set plaster moulded death mask in ochre, of a large gentleman, showing him in the serenity of passing, and of particularly pleasing proportions with good detailing, surviving from the middle of the twentieth century and probably of English origin. In mainly

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