Drawing - Street scene in Canton | McCord Museum

Drawing

Street scene in Canton

Artist Duncan Macpherson (1924-1993)

SignatureNon signé / Unsigned

InscriptionsHandwritten on board, u.r. : FLOURO / DOUBLE / PRINT / 55%; handwritten on board, l.r. : 76; handwritten on paper taped on board, l.c. : CANTON. / Street scene (evening). / 'Free enterprise' vendors on / sidewalk - buns + cabbages. / Little Kid chopping up firewood. / Firewood is dumned off trucks / here and there. I don't knows / why the guy is carrying a rabbit. / To eat it? (probably a pet.)

Period 20e siècle

Medium / Technique Wash, ink, ink (flouro), felt pen, graphite and paper glued on card taped on board
Collage

DimensionsCard: 28,2 × 36 cm (11 1/8 × 14 3/16 in.) Board: 40,8 × 48,7 cm (16 1/16 × 19 3/16 in.)

ClassificationCommunication Objects - Arts - Visual Arts

Origin Ontario, Canada

Object NumberM2012.123.379

DivisionDocumentary Art

CollectionMcCord

CreditPurchase, funds graciously donated by the R. Howard Webster Foundation and The Toronto Star

Status

Not on view

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