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Hector McDonnell b.1947
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description
- Hector McDonnell
- Messrs Hart's, Monument Street, Billingsgate
- titled and dated 1975 on a label attached to the reverse
- oil on board
- 122 by 91.5cm.; 48 by 36in.
Provenance
Fischer Fine Art, London
Private Collection, Toronto, acquired from the above, 1977
Private Collection, Toronto, acquired from the above, 1977
Exhibited
London, Fischer Fine Art, Hector McDonnell, Recent Work, 1977, no.1.
Catalogue Note
In 1975, McDonnell was commissioned to paint Billingsgate Market in London by the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers (see Martyn Anglesea, Hector McDonnell, Belfast 2003, pp.13, 20 and 21, illustrated on the cover). The picture commemorates the famous market which later moved to the Isle of Dogs and the original building on Lower Thames Street is now known as the Old Billingsgate. Whilst undertaking this commission, the artist became fascinated with the traders going about their everyday activities and Messrs Hart’s, Mounument Street, Billingsgate was inpsired by these daily visits, capturing a glimpse of the fast disappearing way of market life in central London.