Breakfast has finished and the participants have gone, although the detective-like artist has set out visual clues that tell us about the people who were here.

To begin with Brack himself, his painter-wife, and their four daughters are signified by a glass, a tea cup and four mugs.

Of course, all these vessels are empty, much like the egg shell in its cup, and the five plates dotted with a few crumbs left from toast.

No crusts, no dabs of butter, no unconsumed dregs of milk.The viewpoint of the artist is from over the table, laying out the objects in a geometrical pattern with tubular bottles and jars, flat plates, and knives tilted at different angles.

[1] Previously part of the Grundy collection, the Art Gallery of New South Wales acquired the work in 2013 for A$1.3 million.