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Green Nocturne

Philip Surrey

BIRTH YEAR 1910
BIRTH PLACE Calgary, Alberta
DEATH YEAR 1990
DEATH PLACE Montreal, Quebec
MEDIUM Watercolour, conté, acrylic gel and pencil crayon on paper
DATE 1972
DIMENSIONS 46.7cm x 33.7cm
ACCESSION NUMBER FAC 1437
CREDIT LINE Firestone Collection of Canadian Art, the Ottawa Art Gallery. Donated to the City of Ottawa by the Ontario Heritage Foundation
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
A green-blue hued cityscape of a street corner at night. There is a figure in a vest leaning against a storefront window on the right side and a figure in a white dress (clothing) running onto the sidewalk on the left. The storefront is lit by light blue signs in and above the window. A car (vehicle) is driving into the background on the left under a rich blue sky with a small, crescent moon above. There is a fire hydrant and newspaper on the sidewalk in the foreground on the left. An additional figure is walking in the street in the background at the middle of the image, and there are more buildings along the road on the right side.

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