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A person wearing an apron and a red belt stands at the centre, holding a red pole from which five bunches of onions are hanging. In the background, four green trees line a fence. The work is mainly two-dimensional, and the composition is split horizontally by two blue lines. Some sense of depth is conveyed by the fading darker tones at the top and at the bottom of the painting. This panel is part of a set of seven commissioned by Alfred Ospalak for ‘The Cries of London’ series. The seven panels were produced between April and June 1934. The work was created prior to Alison’s arrival in St Andrews in 1940, and it represents a great example of her early work. The St Andrews Preservation Trust owns another panel from the set: 'Buy a Fine Singing Bird'.
St Andrews Heritage Museum and Garden
St Andrews
Title
White Onyons (St Thomas Onyons)
Date
1934
Medium
oil on beaverboard
Measurements
H 51.5 x W 51.5 cm
Accession number
SAAPT 2017.023b
Work type
Painting
Signature/marks description
Signed ‘M ALISON McKENZIE 1934’.
Inscription description
Writing ‘WHITE ONYONS’ and ‘ST THOMAS ONYONS’ on both sides of the person, each enclosed in a folded banner.
St Andrews Heritage Museum and Garden
12 North Street, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9PW Scotland
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