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Object name(s):
Photography; A street side cobbler, Bangkok, Thailand
Brief description:
A street side cobbler, Bangkok, Thailand. He is barefoot and sits, with his left ankle resting on his right knee, on a tiled ledge whilst reading a newspaper. In front of him are two pairs of sandals, tins, bottles, a small stool, a hacksaw and a box full of rubber heels. In the background is a pillar and a shop window displaying a machine and two manikins
Collection:
Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery
Acquisition date:
1990
Acquisition funding source:
Catherine Lewis Trust
Acquisition method:
Purchase
Dimension:
Width
Dimension value:
273
Dimension:
Height
Dimension value:
376
Inscription content:
(black ink, verso) SHOE REPAIRER. BANGKOK. THAILAND / E/6/18
Material:
Silver print on Agfa Record Rapide semi-gloss paper
Object name:
Photography; A street side cobbler, Bangkok, Thailand
Object number:
PH605
Object production date:
1980
Date - association:
C
Date - earliest / single:
1980
Date - latest:
1990
Object production person:
Rudy Lewis
Person's association:
Artist/Maker
Person's biographical note:
Photographer. Worked as a technician at the School of Art, 1990-2001. He lives and works in Aberystwyth but has photographed people and places in the USA, South America, East Africa, the Himalayas, India and the Far East. He had a one-man show at Aberystwyth Arts Centre in 1991
Person's birth date:
1939
Person's forenames:
Rudy
Person's place of birth:
UK, Wales, Aberystwyth
Person's surname:
Lewis
Object production place:
UK, Wales, Aberystwyth
Owner:
The artist
Organisation's association:
Object source
Responsible department/section:
Photography

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/8cbf71fa-9f54-3039-963e-09dd0144e2e9

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/8cbf71fa-9f54-3039-963e-09dd0144e2e9, Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery, CC BY-NC

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