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Artwork, other - Ink Line Drawing, Margaret Picken, 111 Terrara Rd., Vermont Sth, 1997

  • A black and white line drawing of a two story brick T shaped house from a street angled birds eye view. On the right is a driveway leading to a separate garage in the background. In the foreground on the left is a picket fence, enclosing a front lawn with a number of trees. There is a pool in the back yard.

    111 Terrara Rd., Vermont Sth

Historical information

A property illustration by Margaret Picken Commissioned by a real estate agency for the purpose of advertising 111 Terrara Rd., Vermont Sth.
This property is listed as having sold for $553,000 in 1997

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 a two story brick T shaped house from a street angled birds eye view. On the right is a driveway leading to a separate garage in the background. In the foreground on the left is a picket fence, enclosing a front lawn with a number of trees. There is a pool in the back yard.

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

Inscriptions & markings

111 Terrara Rd., Vermont Sth
Margaret Picken - 97
Woodards - Haw

Subjects

References

  • 111 Terrara Rd., Vermont Sth Online Real Estate Listing Realestate.com.au online real estate listing of 111 Terrara Rd., Vermont Sth, 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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