John Allin 1934-1991
Market Scene, 1975
lithograph on paper
48.5 x 66 cm
signed and dated (lower right): John Allin 75
1987-6vi
© John Allin estate
Photo: Ben Uri Gallery and Museum
Unusually for the artist, there are no precise street names in John Allin’s vibrant East End Market Scene, but the lively stalls and shops – many with Jewish names, such...
Unusually for the artist, there are no precise street names in John Allin’s vibrant East End Market Scene, but the lively stalls and shops – many with Jewish names, such as Mrs. Levitt’s famous shoe shop – selling everything including food, clothing, footwear, crockery and wallpaper suggest that this is the famous Petticoat Lane Market area, based at Wentworth Street and Middlesex Street in Spitalfields, and still extant today.
Provenance
presented by Mr Jonathan Stone 1982Literature
Walter Schwabe and Julia Weiner, eds., Jewish Artists: the Ben Uri Collection - Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture (London: Ben Uri Art Society in association with Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd, 1994), p. 18.1
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