The Queen’s Pub, Southbank, Middlesbrough

1981

Graham Smith

Associated Names
Graham Smith

Artist, British, born 1947

This is a photograph of a dimly lit room with wooden tables and stools. The room appears to be an empty pub or social gathering space. There is a television mounted on a shelf displaying a program with the words "HALLS OF THE WORLD" on the screen. The walls have curtains with circular patterns, partially covering large windows showing an industrial landscape outside. A piano is in the corner beneath the television. The floor is lightly dirty, and the furniture upholstery is slightly distressed. Glasses on the tables and an ashtray suggest recent activity in the space.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 17.8 × 22.8 cm (7 × 9 in.)
    sheet: 21.8 × 26.8 cm (8 9/16 × 10 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2019.82.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Augusta Edwards Fine Art, London); NGA purchase, 2019.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Graham Smith; by artist, across top: The Queens Pub was a dismal place, redeemed only / by what some considered an eyesore, the spectacular / view of Clay Lane Furnaces from its large bar room / windows.; lower left: THE QUEENS PUB / SOUTHBANK, MIDDLESBROUGH 1981; bottom center: PRINT 1981


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