Drawing - Worker's home in Shanghai | McCord Museum

Drawing

Worker's home in Shanghai

Artist Duncan Macpherson (1924-1993)

SignatureNon signé / Unsigned

InscriptionsHandwritten on board, u.r. : LINE / CUT / 55%; handwritten on board, l.r. : 83; handwritten on paper taped on board, l.c. : SHANGHAI : / Workers home in recently / built complex for 6000 people. / Laundry out the window on / bamboo poles. Mostly shared / toilet facilities. NO HEAT. / GENERALLY ONE ROOM / for two, may be three (grand parents or Kid) / AS ILLUSTRATED. / home made TV in / closet / note chickens in lamber. there are variations - described / in copy.; handwritten on label glued on back, u.l. : # 499; printed label glued on back, l.r. : 073169

Period 20e siècle

Medium / Technique Ink, felt pen and graphite on card taped on board

DimensionsCard: 28,3 × 36 cm (11 1/8 × 14 3/16 in.) Board: 40,6 × 48,5 cm (16 × 19 1/8 in.)

ClassificationCommunication Objects - Arts - Visual Arts

Origin Ontario, Canada

Object NumberM2012.123.382

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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