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[nb-NO]Record tools[nb-NO] [nb-NO]Displays[nb-NO]	[nb-NO]Details[nb-NO] Remove from selection Toevoegen aan selectie CollectionStraits Chinese Collection [nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]B2008-0001-003-0 [nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Portrait of Wee Boon Teck [nb-NO]Creator[nb-NO]Low Kway Soo & Co [nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]“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). [nb-NO]Production place[nb-NO]Singapore [nb-NO]Date[nb-NO] 1902 [nb-NO]Object category[nb-NO]Portrait [nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Graphite on paper [nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO] H: 66.5 cm L: 44 cm H: 83 cm L: 58.7 cm [nb-NO]Credit line[nb-NO]Gift of Wee Lin

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[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]B2008-0001-003-0

[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Portrait of Wee Boon Teck

[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]“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).

[nb-NO]Production place[nb-NO]Singapore

[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO] 1902

[nb-NO]Object category[nb-NO]Portrait

[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Graphite on paper

[nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]

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

[nb-NO]Credit line[nb-NO]Gift of Wee Lin