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Editor: This anonymous British School sketch at the Tate, simply titled "[title not known]", uses graphite on paper. It feels quite stark; a rough landscape. What strikes you when you look at it? Curator: I see a deconstruction of the picturesque, a challenge to idealized landscapes. How does the absence of a clear artist identity impact our understanding of the work, considering issues of authorship and artistic labor? Editor: That's interesting. I hadn't considered the social implications of anonymity. Curator: Precisely. And notice how the seemingly desolate scene, sketched with such immediacy, might reflect the anxieties of a changing social and political landscape. Perhaps it’s about power, and who has the power to represent and name. Editor: So it's not just a landscape, but a commentary on society. I'll definitely look at landscape art differently from now on! Curator: Excellent, because it may invite a critical dialogue around representation and the politics of seeing.