John Allin 1934-1991
Jack's Coffee Shop, 1975
lithograph on paper
48 x 58.5 cm
signed and dated (lower right): John Allin 75
1987-6i
© John Allin estate
Photo: Bridgeman images
Allin's naive style earned him success within the Folk/Outsider Art movement in Britain, particularly for his series of lithographs looking back to the East End of his childhood. 'Jack's Coffee...
Allin's naive style earned him success within the Folk/Outsider Art movement in Britain, particularly for his series of lithographs looking back to the East End of his childhood. 'Jack's Coffee Shop', one of this series, shows a traditional working men's cafe with high-backed wooden booths, large tea and coffee urns, a 'chips- with-everything' menu and walls adorned with posters of East End boxing champions.
