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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection CollectionSouth & Southeast Asian Collection Object numberS1959-0079-001-0 TitleStreet Scene CreatorLee Kee Boon DescriptionA close-up view from a height of two tenement blocks that fill up the picture space except for a narrow strip at the bottom which is the street. Light filters in from the left. It is a practically empty street except for the girl in red looking at some objects on a makeshift stall. Another figure is seen walking away to the right. A half hidden figure stands within the door on the lighted side of the building while another looks down from a window on the upper floor. An atmosphere of social decadenee prevails. It is a gloomy picture. Is the artist trying to highlight the plight of the less well-offs in our society. That seems to be the message spelt out. Production placeSingapore / Malaysia? Object categoryPainting MaterialScraper Board Dimensions H: 29.5 cm L: 38 cm

CollectionSouth & Southeast Asian Collection

Object numberS1959-0079-001-0

TitleStreet Scene

DescriptionA close-up view from a height of two tenement blocks that fill up the picture space except for a narrow strip at the bottom which is the street. Light filters in from the left. It is a practically empty street except for the girl in red looking at some objects on a makeshift stall. Another figure is seen walking away to the right. A half hidden figure stands within the door on the lighted side of the building while another looks down from a window on the upper floor. An atmosphere of social decadenee prevails. It is a gloomy picture. Is the artist trying to highlight the plight of the less well-offs in our society. That seems to be the message spelt out.

Production placeSingapore / Malaysia?

Object categoryPainting

MaterialScraper Board

Dimensions

H: 29.5 cm
L: 38 cm

Details