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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 Object categoryPortrait MaterialGraphite on paper Dimensions H: 66.5 cm L: 44 cm H: 83 cm L: 58.7 cm Credit lineGift of Wee Lin

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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

Object categoryPortrait

MaterialGraphite on paper

Dimensions

H: 66.5 cm
L: 44 cm
H: 83 cm
L: 58.7 cm

Credit lineGift of Wee Lin