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Artwork, other - Ink Line Drawing, Margaret Picken, 65 Lisbeth Ave., Mitcham, 1994

  • A black and white line drawing of a three story house made up of rectangular sections, staggard up a sloop. there is a set of stair up the sloop on the right of the house, and a lawn in the foreground, surrounded by encroaching vegetation.

    ND8064 - 65 Lisbeth Ave., Mitcham

Historical information

A property illustration by Margret Picken Commissioned by a real estate agency for the purpose of advertising 65 Lisbeth Ave., Mitcham

This property is listed as having sold for $152,000 in 1994

Made by using Rotring ‘Rapidigraph’ drafting pens with Rotring ink on Rapidigraph polyester drafting film, double matte.

Trained as a cartographic draftsman within the mining industry, Margaret Picken is an artist who worked producing property illustrations for real estate agencies in eastern suburbs of Victoria from 1983-2005. Retiring from the industry as technological changes favored coloured photography over illustrations, and commissioning companies over sole contractors.

Significance

This artwork is of Historical Significance as a record of local domestic architecture.

Physical description

A black ink line drawing on drafters film by Margaret Picken, of 52 Lisbeth Ave., Mitcham depicting a black and white line drawing of a three story house made up of rectangular sections, staggard up a sloop. there is a set of stair up the sloop on the right of the house, and a lawn in the foreground, surrounded by encroaching vegetation.

There are two holepunch holes centered just under the upper edge

Inscriptions & markings

52 Lisbeth Ave., Mitcham
Woodards - b/burn - M.Picken

Subjects

References

  • 65 Lisbeth Ave., Mitcham Online Real Estate Listing Realestate.com.au online real estate listing of 65 Lisbeth Ave., Mitcham, with past and projected information about the address.
  • Margaret Picken Provenance Document ISBN/ISSN: ND7732 Information supplied by the artist on the collection upon acquisition
  • Margaret Picken Deed of Gift Form ISBN/ISSN: Receipt Number 730 The Deed of Gift Form filled out the donor upon acquisition. Contains brief description of the donation, by Margaret Picken the artist and donor.
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