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The public servant

Edwin TANNER
The public servant
 1953

Medium
oil on canvas

Measurements
64.5 × 100.7 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1954
© National Gallery of Victoria

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Inscription
inscribed in black paint l.l.: 2.53.
inscribed in black and red paint l.c.r.: EDWIN TANNER
inscribed in crayon on reverse u.c. EDWIN TANER PUBLIC SERVANT

Accession Number
3059-4

Department
Australian Painting

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Subjects (general)
Abstract Art Interiors

Subjects (specific)
chairs (furniture forms) clocks coat hangers doors lines (artistic concept) rooms (interior spaces) telephones

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