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Artwork, other - Ink Line Drawing, Margaret Picken, 31 Ormond Ave., Mitcham, 1994

  • A black and white line drawing of a single story house with attached double garage on the right. With large colonial style windows, and a bay window on the left side wall. In front of the house is a front lawn with trees and garden beds, all set back from the pedestrian path.

    ND8070 - 31 Ormond Ave., Mitcham

Historical information

A property illustration by Margret Picken Commissioned by a real estate agency for the purpose of advertising 31 Ormond Ave., Mitcham

This property is listed as having sold for $115,000 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 31 Ormond Ave., Mitcham depicting a black and white line drawing of a single story house with attached double garage on the right. With large colonial style windows, and a bay window on the left side wall. In front of the house is a front lawn with trees and garden beds, all set back from the pedestrian path.

There are two holepunch holes centred just under the upper edge.

Inscriptions & markings

31 Ormond Ave., Mitcham
Margaret Picken - 94
Woodards - B/Burn

Subjects

References

  • 31 Ormond Ave., Mitcham Online Real Estate Listing Realestate.com.au online real estate listing of 31 Ormond 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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