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Tennis and tea

Tennis and tea
 (1939)

Medium
oil on canvas on composition board
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of the Marjorie Webster Memorial, Governor, 1988
© Courtesy of the artist's estate
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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
oil on canvas on composition board
Measurements
45.5 × 55.5 cm (canvas) 46.4 × 56.0 cm (composition board)
Inscription
inscribed in black paint l.c.l.: E W SYME
Accession Number
A4-1988
Department
Australian Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of the Marjorie Webster Memorial, Governor, 1988
© Courtesy of the artist's estate
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Daily Life Human Figures Leisure, Games and Sport
Subjects (specific)
seated figures teacups teapots teas (meals) tennis tennis racquet women (female humans)
Movements
Modernism

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