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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection CollectionStraits Chinese Collection Object numberB2008-0001-003-0 TitlePortrait of Wee Boon Teck CreatorLow Kway Soo & Co. Description“For [this] portrait, Wee Boon Teck dresses up in a Chinese top with baggy trousers. He matches this outfit with a homburg and a pair of pumps, two fashion articles which were more likely to have accompanied a European suit. In combining the styles of both East and West, Wee simultaneously embraces tradition and modernity.” (Inherited & Salvaged, Family Portraits from the NUS Museum Straits Chinese Collection, Page 112). Production placeSingapore Production date 1902 - 1902 Production period1902 Object categoryPortrait, Drawing MaterialPencil on Paper, Pencil, Paper Dimensions Height: 66.5 cm Length: 44 cm Height: 83 cm Length: 58.7 cm Credit lineGift of Wee Lin

Object numberB2008-0001-003-0

TitlePortrait of Wee Boon Teck

Description“For [this] portrait, Wee Boon Teck dresses up in a Chinese top with baggy trousers. He matches this outfit with a homburg and a pair of pumps, two fashion articles which were more likely to have accompanied a European suit. In combining the styles of both East and West, Wee simultaneously embraces tradition and modernity.” (Inherited & Salvaged, Family Portraits from the NUS Museum Straits Chinese Collection, Page 112).

Production placeSingapore

Production date 1902 - 1902

Production period1902

Object categoryPortrait, Drawing

MaterialPencil on Paper, Pencil, Paper

Dimensions

Height: 66.5 cm
Length: 44 cm
Height: 83 cm
Length: 58.7 cm

Credit lineGift of Wee Lin

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