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Gladys Cotta, 1984

Janet Dawson

pastel on paper (frame: 105.0 cm x 75.5 cm, sheet: 97.0 cm x 68.0 cm)

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Joseph Mathew Cotta and Gladys Maria Cotta 2016
© Janet Dawson/Copyright Agency, 2020

Accession number: 2016.60

Currently not on display

Artist and subject

Janet Dawson (age 49 in 1984)

Gladys Cotta (age 53 in 1984)

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