Don Proch Masking and Mapping Art Exploration

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Publication Year: 2019 Publisher: University of Manitoba Press Illustrator: Yes Book Title: Don Proch : Masking and Mapping Item Width: 8.5 in Format: Hardcover Item Weight: 28 Oz Language: English Item Height: 0.7 in gtin13: 9780887558344 Genre: Art ISBN: 9780887558344 Author: Patricia Bovey Item Length: 10 in Number of Pages: 152 Pages Topic: Sculpture & Installation, Individual Artists / General, Canadian, General

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