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Subiaco Museum > Records

DRAWING: 'THE TEA PARTY SKETCH OF FIGURE', SHAUN TAN

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Shaun Tan

2002

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Overview

Image: Small black and white pencil sketch of The Tea Party. Includes four figures sitting around a picnic blanket. One of three small pencil sketches of singular figures.

Signature: Unsigned

Frame: Fine black frame with cream mount under glass.

Historical information

One of ten preparation drawings received by the City of Subiaco following the commissioning of two large colour murals by Shaun Tan for the Subiaco Library in 2002.

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cwa-org-43-2020.131.10

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Shaun Tan

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Subiaco Library

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Statement of significance

One of ten preparation drawings received by the City of Subiaco following the commissioning of two large colour murals by Shaun Tan for the Subiaco Library in 2002.

Aesthetic: Social: Condition: Interpretive: Provenance: Rarity: Representativeness: Historic:

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

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Comparative significance criteria

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Rare or representative

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Subiaco Library

Subiaco Museum

Subiaco Museum

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