John Allin 1934-1991
Hessel Street, 1975
lithograph on paper
33 x 70 cm
signed and dated (lower right): John Allin 75
1987-6iii
© John Allin estate
Photo: Ben Uri Gallery and Museum
Allin depicts an imagined scene, drawing on his childhood memories when Hessel Street market was at the heart of London's Jewish East End. It is early morning and as the...
Allin depicts an imagined scene, drawing on his childhood memories when Hessel Street market was at the heart of London's Jewish East End. It is early morning and as the newspaper boy makes his deliveries, the stall holders begin to set up their various fruit and veg or clothing stands. Around them the shops – most bearing Jewish names, such as Rappaport, Green, Skeil and Woolf – and offering goods including kosher meat and fish, begin to unwind their awnings, ready for the business of the day.
Provenance
presented by Mr Jonathan Stone 1982Exhibitions
Jewish East End Collections and Recollections: From Shtetl to CityLiterature
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.Be the first to know – Sign Up
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