The Skin Game - Church Lane, Leytonstone, London, UK
N 51° 34.093 E 000° 00.514
31U E 292688 N 5717257
Alfred Hitchcock was born in Leytonstone and to commemorate the life and works of this great film-maker a permanent gallery has been set-up in the underpass that forms the entrance to Leytonstone tube station. The images are all mosaics.
Waymark Code: WMM1RT
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/04/2014
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The co-ordinates given are for the Church Lane entrance to the underpass where a stainless-steel plaque (see photos) advises of the Hitchcock Gallery. All the exhibits are mosaics.
This mosaic is entitled "The Skin Game". The plaque, at the foot of the mosaic, tells us:
The Skin Game
1932
Based on a play by John Galsworthy, the story is about the struggle between the old English way of life and the advance of the factories into the countryside and explores how the country people and the nouveau riche can be equally unscrupulous where property is the goal.
'Hitchcock loves to be misunderstood, because he has based his whole life around misunderstandings.' - Francois Truffaut
The mosaic shows two people having a (possibly) conspirational conversation. They are viewed from above. A bright light from the top left corner casts long shadows to the bottom right of the mosaic. There are two distinct sets of colours used: Dark colours such as black, dark blue and greys around the edges and for the shadows and yellows, light green and orange for the area that is lit.
The mosaic is about four feet high by three feet wide.