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Lot 1131: AFFANDI

Est: $500,000 HKD - $800,000 HKDSold:
Christie'sHong Kong, Hong KongNovember 27, 2011

Item Overview

Description

AFFANDI
(Indonesian, 1907-1990)
Crabs and Watermelon
signed with artist's monogram and dated '1962' (lower right); inscribed 'Water Melon with Crabs" - Mexico City - 1962 oil on canvas - 99 x 120 - No 23 do catalogo nas exposições Affandi no Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro e no Museu de Arte Moder
oil on canvas
99 x 120 cm. (38 7/8 x 47 1/4 in.)
Painted in 1962

Artist or Maker

Exhibited

Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Brazil, Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro and Museu de Arte Moderna Säo Paulo, Affandi: Exposiçäo Retrospectiva 1940-1966, March-May 1966.

Literature

Museu de Arte Moderna de Säo Paolo, Affandi: Exposiçäo Retrospectiva 1940-1966, Brazil, 1966 (p. 26 no. 23).

Provenance

From the estate of Ambassador Josias Leäo.

Notes

AFFANDI
(Indonesian, 1907-1990)
Crabs and Watermelon
signed with artist's monogram and dated '1962' (lower right); inscribed 'Water Melon with Crabs" - Mexico City - 1962 oil on canvas - 99 x 120 - No 23 do catalogo nas exposições Affandi no Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro e no Museu de Arte Moder
oil on canvas
99 x 120 cm. (38 7/8 x 47 1/4 in.)
Painted in 1962

Auction Details

Asian 20th Century Art (Day Sale)

by
Christie's
November 27, 2011, 12:00 AM ChST

2203-8 Alexandra House 16-20 Chater Road, Hong Kong, HK