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Graphic arts > Drawing > Sandpaper painting

Preferred term

Sandpaper painting  

Definition

  • Drawing in charcoal or (less frequently) pastel on a board painted white and coated with marble dust; gives the finished work a sandpaper-like sparkle and tooth, and light and dark effects similar to an engraving; popular mid-19th c., USA

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Charcoal sandpaper painting
  • Grecian painting, sandpaper painting
  • Monochromatic painting, sandpaper painting
  • Pastel sandpaper painting
  • Sandpaper drawing

Notation

  • 117493

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-XSZXCCNS-8

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