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Title proper
Estelle Hecht Collection
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- Graphic material
- Object
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CA JPL-A 1369
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[before 1971] (Creation)
- Creator
- Hecht, Estelle, 1900-1971
Physical description area
Physical description
3 etchings + 3 copper plates
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Biographical history
Estelle Hecht was born c. 1900 in Montreal and lived in Outremont with her family. She attended the fine arts school at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts part-time, studying under artists such as Jacques de Tonnancour, Arthur Lismer, and Moe Reinblatt. Her work was listed in shows such as the Burnaby Print Show, the Canadian Society of Graphic Arts, and the Calgary Print Show. In 1961, Hecht opened Gallery 1640, specializing in printmaking. The gallery showed Canadian artists as well as printmakers from abroad. Estelle Hecht died in 1971 in a fire in her gallery.
Custodial history
Transferred from the Jewish Canadiana Collection.
Scope and content
Collection consists of 3 etchings on paper accompanied by matching copper etching plates.
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- Gallery 1640 (Subject)