Beware the Lap of Luxury

Diane Victor South African

2020

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Title: Beware the Lap of Luxury
Artist: Diane Victor (South African, born Witbank, Gauteng, 1964)
Date: 2020
Medium: Etching (hardground, softground, drypoint, and aquatint from steel plate on Hannemuhle Copperplate Bright White)
Dimensions: Plate: 36 × 42 in. (91.4 × 106.7 cm)
Sheet: 40 × 46 in. (101.6 × 116.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of David Krut and the artist, 2023
Object Number: 2023.591
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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