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The public servant
1953
Edwin TANNER
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
64.5 × 100.7 cm
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
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1954
© National Gallery of Victoria
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
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Not on display
Subjects (general)
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Interiors
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clocks
coat hangers
doors
lines (artistic concept)
rooms (interior spaces)
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