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"Observations" by Susan Benson [graphic material]

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Item

Date:

2005.

Reference:

R11978-0-9-E, Volume number: 1

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3689060

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"Observations" by Susan Benson
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Date(s):

2005.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 drawing: graphite pencil on wove paper; 24.3 x 24.6 cm.

Language of material:

English

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Item consists of a self-portrait of Susan Benson, 2005 entitled "Observations".

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Artist: Benson, Susan, 1942-

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Benson, Susan, 1942- : Designer brought to the Stratford Festival in 1974 (where she is still resident) during Robin Phillips ' artistic directorship. She was born in Bexley Heath, Kent, England, April 22, 1942. She studied at the West of England College of Art and came to this country in 1966.

Although she has designed for many other companies (including Manitoba Theatre Centre , Neptune Theatre , Young People's Theatre and in April, 2002, Canadian Stage 's production of Indian Ink) she is most recognized for her work at Stratford. Among her many designs for the company is the touring production of The Mikado (1983), and productions of The Tempest, HMS Pinafore, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Gondoliers, The Pirates of Penzance, Iolanthe and Taming of the Shrew among many others. She has also designed for opera and ballet (the 1999 production of Madama Butterfly at Victoria Opera).

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Conservation:

Conservation report completed on 10 January 2007.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed recto in graphite under image: "Bags under eyes, eyes go, lines around / mouth, the teeth fall out, hearing / starts to go, hair thins, lines, lines / start to look like my mother and / my grandmother, sagging muscles / tracing of lines - observations of dying"
Signed and dated recto, bottom right of image: "Susan Benson '05"

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Portraits

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Private

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2006-00667-3
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
To be viewed with the assistance of the Portrait Gallery of Canada.

Volume [R11978]

[Consultation 90 Open]

1 Item no. assigned by LAC 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [R11978] e007152338

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Susan Benson, Library and Archives Canada, archival reference number R11978-1, e007152338
Copyright: Susan Benson
Restrictions on use: none

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