Not Much of a Fight by Shaun Tan: four pencil panels show an astronaut being engulfed by a large curling, tooth-lined creature.

Shaun Tan - 'Not Much of a Fight' - pencil on paper

$2,860.00 AUD

Not Much of a Fight

Pencil on paper by Shaun Tan (2022).

Artwork size: 23 x 20 cm (9.1" x 7.9")

Frame size: 43 x 37 cm (16.9" x 14.6")

"This image was inspired by feeding sea anemones in rock pools as a kid, during holidays in WA’s south west. Much of the Hometown world was inspired by these rockpool environments, teeming with strange life, through which us kids tromped like alien giants." - Shaun Tan

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