[George Chew Lee’s produce store, ca. 1930] / pencil drawing attributed to Normand Baker
[George Chew Lee’s produce store, ca. 1930] / pencil drawing attributed to Normand Baker
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1930
Call Numbers
SV/191
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 drawing - 36.7 x 25.2 cm - pencil
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Copyright status : In copyright - Life of artist plus 70 years
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Pencil drawing showing the front facade of George Chew Lee & Co. Pty. Limited building. In the open doorway of the building two figures are pictured, one holding a broom. Below the drawing of the building Baker has sketched a face in profile, figures and a cat.
Alternative Titles
Full title
[George Chew Lee’s produce store, ca. 1930] / pencil drawing attributed to Normand Baker
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Drawing is possibly a preliminary sketch for a painting as it includes colour notations
Signature / Inscriptions
Unsigned
Attributions / Conjectures
Accompanied by note on authenticity "I declare that this pencil sketch of a Chinese Produce Store, Haymarket is an original done by my brother Normand Henry Baker." Signed "Reta Morton"
Conservation note
Slight foxing, minor soiling to edges
Description source
Titled and dated from Josef Lebovic Gallery Collector's list No. 145, 2010 - Australian Art (Item 2)
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Josef Lebovic Gallery, October 2010
Administrative / Biographical history
Normand Baker (1908-1955) specialised in drawing, etching and painting street scenes. Trained at John Samuel Watkins School in Sydney, he won the Archibald Prize for a self portrait in 1937, aged twenty nine. Baker produced a large quantity of his work depicting the area around Paddy’s markets.
George Chew Lee & Co. Pty. Limited operated fro...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SV/191
Record Identifier
1xqZGLQY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1xqZGLQY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
916898
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