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[nb-NO]Record tools[nb-NO] [nb-NO]Displays[nb-NO]	[nb-NO]Details[nb-NO] Remove from selection Toevoegen aan selectie CollectionSouth & Southeast Asian Collection [nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]S1959-0079-001-0 [nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Street Scene [nb-NO]Creator[nb-NO]Lee Kee Boon [nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]A 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. [nb-NO]Production place[nb-NO]Singapore / Malaysia? [nb-NO]Object category[nb-NO]Painting [nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Scraper Board [nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO] H: 29.5 cm L: 38 cm

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CollectionSouth & Southeast Asian Collection

[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]S1959-0079-001-0

[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Street Scene

[nb-NO]Creator[nb-NO]Lee Kee Boon

[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]A 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.

[nb-NO]Production place[nb-NO]Singapore / Malaysia?

[nb-NO]Object category[nb-NO]Painting

[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Scraper Board

[nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]

H: 29.5 cm
L: 38 cm