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John Beard

2003
Greg Weight

gelatin silver photograph on paper (sheet: 50.6 cm x 40.6 cm, image: 45.6 cm x 35.5 cm)
John Beard

Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
© Gregory Weight/Copyright Agency, 2024

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Artist and subject

Greg Weight (age 57 in 2003)

John Beard (age 60 in 2003)

Subject professions

Visual arts and crafts

Donated by

Patrick Corrigan AM (130 portraits)

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