![Item #CL187-142 Lost Weekend [Thrown Out Of “6 O’Clock Bar, Supporter Of 10 O’Clock Closing.”]. William Edwin Pidgeon, Wep, Aust.](https://joseflebovicgallery.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CL187-142.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&v=1496128059)
Lost Weekend [Thrown Out Of “6 O’Clock Bar, Supporter Of 10 O’Clock Closing.”]
1947. Watercolour with crayon and white highlight, signed “WEP” in image lower right, titled in pencil in lower margin, publishing stamp verso, 30.8 x 45.1cm. Slight foxing and stains to image, creases to upper corners. Stamp reads “Sunday Telegraph. Used 15 Feb. 1947.” Sydney-born Pidgeon began his career as a cadet artist on the Evening News. He was three times an Archibald Prize winner (1958,1961 and 1968). Ref: ADB. The six o’clock closing time was introduced to Australian and New Zealand pubs during WWI, in an attempt to improve public morality, and as a war austerity measure. Before this reform, most hotels and public houses in Australia had closed at 11 or 11:30pm. In NSW the issue of ending early closing was put to the vote twice, first in 1947 and then in 1954 when it was passed by a narrow margin, extending the hours to 10pm. Ref: Wiki.
Item #CL187-142
Price (AUD): $880.00 other currencies