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The male shop assistant
Details
Sue Macartney-Snape, 20th Century
The male shop assistant
signed with initials, inscribed and dated 'SMS/98' (lower right) and 'The Male Shop Assistant/v. slopey shoulders/proud of his hands/adores his job and is v. good/at it - it doesn't bore him/at all he is one of reasons the dept./store is so v. popular/has absolutely no ambition to/be other than what he is' (upper right)
pencil, crayon, black ink and watercolour
17½ x 13 in. (44.5 x 33 cm.)
The male shop assistant
signed with initials, inscribed and dated 'SMS/98' (lower right) and 'The Male Shop Assistant/v. slopey shoulders/proud of his hands/adores his job and is v. good/at it - it doesn't bore him/at all he is one of reasons the dept./store is so v. popular/has absolutely no ambition to/be other than what he is' (upper right)
pencil, crayon, black ink and watercolour
17½ x 13 in. (44.5 x 33 cm.)
Literature
The Telegraph Magazine, Social Stereotypes, 1998.
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