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R Norman Anderson (Circa Late…
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Melbourne
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21-Jul-2024
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R Norman Anderson (Circa Late 18TH/EARLY19th Century), Sailor in the Marble Bar, George Adams' Tattersall's Hotel 1906, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right: R Norman Anderson 1906, 116.5 x 74.5 cm, Catalogue Note, Despite the inscribed artist R Norman Anderson being shrouded in obscurity, his painting (Lot 192) remains a significant historical vestige of Sydney's Tattersalls Hotel Marble Bar in the early 1900s., George Adams built The Marble Bar in 1893. Its audacious interior rivalled any Grand Hotel bar in Paris or London. The bar, which reportedly cost £30,000, boasted elaborate features, including namesake marble panels, an immense stained glass ceiling, intricate mosaic tiling, decadently hand-carved mahogany cabinetry, and several large panels painted by renowned artist Julian Ashton., The Marble Bar was dutifully salvaged when George Adams' Tattersalls Hotel was demolished in the 1970s. The Hilton Hotel undertook a meticulous dismantling and restoration of the interior, preserving its grandeur for future generations. Anderson's highly detailed interior scene captures the Marble Bar's vibrant and lively atmosphere of the 1900s. A pair of sailors indulged in a leave of absence from HMAS, most likely wagering in a sweepstake or 'ticket in Tatts'. Their jovial and glassy-eyed expressions evoke a sense of revelry in the smoky mise en scene of barroom banter and high jinks.
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