Aerial perspective of new department store, Oxford St, Bondi Junction for Grace Bros Pty Ltd, ca. 19...
Aerial perspective of new department store, Oxford St, Bondi Junction for Grace Bros Pty Ltd, ca. 19...
Aerial perspective of new department store, Oxford St, Bondi Junction for Grace Bros Pty Ltd, ca. 1954 / drawing by Lorry Deller
About this item
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Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1954
Call Numbers
XV/203
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Physical Description
Contents
1 drawing - 50.6 x 60.8 cm - charcoal and gouache on board
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Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Copyright status : In copyright - Life of artist plus 70 years
Rights and Restrictions Information : No reproduction without prior written approval of copyright holder
Please acknowledge : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Comprises one charcoal and gouache aerial perspective drawing of a design for a new Grace Bros store on Oxford Street, Bondi Junction. The modernist design depicts a rooftop carpark and a glass curtain wall on the Oxford Street frontage. The drawing was most likely commissioned by the building's designers, architects Morrow & Gordon.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Aerial perspective of new department store, Oxford St, Bondi Junction for Grace Bros Pty Ltd, ca. 1954 / drawing by Lorry Deller
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Transferred from V/333
Signature / Inscriptions
Signed lower left: Deller
Inscription on verso states:
Aerial perspective of New Department Store -Oxford St Bondi Junction for Grace Bros Pty Ltd
D.T. Morrow and Gordon Architects 129 Pitt St Sydney
Builders - John Grant and Sons Pty Ltd
Estimated completion date 1 March 1957
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Josef Lebovic Gallery, November 2018
Administrative / Biographical history
Department store Grace Bros was established in George Street, Sydney in 1885 by English immigrant brothers, Joseph Neal Grace and Albert Edward Grace. In the early 1930s, Grace Bros expanded into the suburban market, as changing transport routes in the CBD, as well as the Depression, had affected their city trade. Their first suburban store was in...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
XV/203
Record Identifier
n88X5LPn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n88X5LPn
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Reference code
9622800
