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001 ARIE SMIT (Zaandam, the Netherlands, 1916) The Village Temple, 2001 Acrylic on canvas: 42 x 52 cm Signed and dated lower left: Arie Smit, 2001 Signed, titled and dated on the reverse This lot is accompanied with certificate of authenticity from artist SGD 15,000 - 20,000 USD 10,800 - 14,400 10

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Born in Zaandam, the Netherlands, 1916. He was a student of the Academy of Arts in Rotterdam before working as lithographer for the Dutch Colonial Army in the Dutch Indies prior to the Second World War. He moved to Bali in 1956 to engage in full time painting and became an Indonesian Citizen, produced as well as taught painting at the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB). Many of his paintings depict the nature of his surrounding environment. He had several solo exhibitions in Bandung Institute of Technology, The Honolulu East West Center, and the Center of Strategic and International Studies in Jakarta. He received the “Dharma Kusuma� art awards from the local government of Bali.

002 GERARD PIETER ADOLFS (Semarang, 1899 – The Netherlands, 1968) Boy With Cockerel, 1961 Oil on canvas: 40 x 30 cm Signed, lower left : Ger. P Adolfs

Born in Semarang, 1899. He once lived in Surabaya and made many paintings about the city. He traveled to many countries in Asia, Europe, and Africa, like Japan, Rome and Arab. He decided to spend the rest of his time in Holland until he died in Den Bosch, the Netherlands, in 1968.

Literature: Eveline / Gianni Orsini, Gerard Pieter Adolfs “The Painter of Java on Bali, Javaan Met Haan, Pg. 403, Published by Pictures Publishers the Netherlands 2008 SGD 8,000 - 10,000 USD 5,760 - 7,200

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Hendra Gunawan Born in Bandung, 1918. He taught at the Indonesian Fine Art Academy (ASRI), Yogyakarta in 1957. Hendra took part in founding the Front Seniman (Artists Front) in Bandung, and Pelukis Rakyat (People’s Artists) in Yogyakarta. He also established the art club Pusaka Sunda together with Barli, Obon and some other friends. He is undoubtedly one of the Indonesia’s greatest pioneers of modern art and was considered to be one of the best and most versatile painters in Indonesia. He died in Bali 1983.

Hendra’s people are never passive victims of their faith; they are always depicted as active subjects. He took the daily lives of people subjects for his paintings and captured them movingly on canvas in his inimitable style. Though Hendra’s art was, from the very beginning focused towards celebrating common people and their struggle that depicts his deep feeling and irony inspiring perspective of life’s most fundamental issue: freedom and hunger, Hendra also love the land and paint some in his several themes. Hendra later paintings are melancholic and emotional as a result of the hardship that he experienced during his thirteen years in Bandung Kebon Waru prison. During his imprisoned time he painted some of his most dreamlike, vibrant and emotional works. He illustrates the sadness and the mystery in a brighter, more saturated, expressionistic and abstract.

003 HENDRA GUNAWAN (Bandung, 1918 – 1983) Pejuang Oil on canvas: 71 x 53 cm Signed, lower right: Hendra Provenance: Private collection, Jakarta SGD 35,000 - 50,000 USD 25,200 - 36,000

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Han Snel Born in 1925 in Scheveningen, Holland, Han Snel arrived in Indonesia as a Dutch soldier in 1946. He had a life-long love affair with Bali. Snel immediately fell in love with the island; a love so deep until he marred a local girl, apply for Indonesia citizenship and embrace Balinese Hinduism. He lived in Ubud from 1950 until his death in 1998.

Balinese themes are Han Snel’s specialism, in particular figures done in a more or expressionist style: he himself prefers to describe his manner with its very conspicuous, curved lines, as ‘roundism’. In his works, Snel focused his attention on the beauty of Balinese women. His colors were varied and lean towards the primary with contrasting area of dark shading. His visual imageries, subdued colors and fine lines captured the essence of Ubud and the island as a place where serenity reigned and simple people led an honest life.

004 HAN SNEL (Scheveningen, 1925 – 1998) Women With Offering, 1966 Oil on canvas: 60.2 x 50 cm Signed lower left: Han Snel, Bali 66 Provenance: Private collection, Jakarta SGD 30,000 - 50,000 USD 21,600 - 36,000

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Theo Meier Born in Switzerland, 1908. He studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Basel and Academies of Art in Berlin and Dresden. In 1936 he settled in Bali for 20 years then moved to Thailand in 1961. His works have been the collection of former President Soekarno, the Museum Neka in Bali, the Agung Rai Fine Arts Gallery in Bali, and the Kunstmuseum in Basel, Switzerland.

005 THEO MEIER (Switzerland, 1908 - 1982) Offering to Gunung Agung, 1982 Oil on canvas: 60 x 70 cm Signed and dated, lower right: Theo Meier, 1982 Literature: Theo Meier Didier Hamel, A Swiss Artist Under the Tropics Published by Hexart publisher Jakarta 2007, pg. 233 no. 372 SGD 25,000 - 35,000 USD 18,000 - 25,200

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006 IRSAM (Klaten, 1942) Dua Dewi, 1997 Oil on canvas: 125 x 145 cm Signed and dated, lower left: Irsam, 1997 Literature: The Cover Book of “ Irsam Jejak-Jejak Dekoratif”, by Mikke Susanto, Published by PT. Dwi SAmapersada, Jkt 2013, pg. 112 SGD 10,000 - 15,000 USD 7,200 - 10,800

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Born in Klaten, Central Java, 1942. He graduated from the Indonesian Fine Art Academy (ASRI) Yogyakarta. He had held his first exhibition in 1967 in Jakarta. He received an award from the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. In 1980 he also joined in the Contemporary Asian Art Exhibition in Fukuoka Art Museum Japan.

007 SOEDIBIO (Madiun, 1912 - 1981) Njai Roro Kidul, 1969 Oil on canvas: 130 x 90 cm Signed and dated, lower left: Soedibio 69 Signed, titled and dated on the reverse Provenance: Private collection, Jakarta SGD 8,000 - 10,000 USD 5,760 - 7,200

Soedibio was born in Madiun, June 17, 1912. During 1940 he joined the PERSAGI and founded The Young Indonesia Artist (Seniman Muda Indonesia) together with S. Sudjojono, Trisno Soemardjo, D. Suradji and Sunindyo. In 1967 he joined Sanggar Puri Surabaya and become a member of The Surakarta Culture Association (Himpunan Budaya Surakarta) in 1970. During his carier as an artist, Soedibio was very productive and participated in many exhibitions, especially from the 1950s to the 1970s. With support from Dewan Kesenia Jakarta (DKJ, Jakarta Arts Council), his works were shown at Taman Ismail Marzuki art centre in Jakarta in 1976. Soedibio passed away in Surakarta (Solo) on 16 December 1981. He actively performed exhibitions ever since in several city in Indonesia.

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Chen Wen Hsi Born in Baigong, Caozhu, 1906. Chen Wen Hsi studied art at the Hsin Hwa Art Academy in Shanghai. He became a lecturer at the Nangyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore. His paintings were strongly influenced by Chan (Zen) and the unorthodox Qing School of Yangzhou. He actively participated in several exhibitions outside Singapore which also incidentally promote Singapore. Among the many awards he had received are the Public Service Star in 1964, a Gold Medal by the National Museum of History, Taiwan in 1980, the first recipient of the ASEAN Cultural and Communication Award for outstanding artists in 1987 and received an honorary doctorate from the National University of Singapore.

Chen Wen Hsi is Singapore’s foremost painter that combines Chinese and Western techniques in his semi abstract work. Chen Wen-hsi is renowned for his skill in painting animal themes. Chicken, gibbons, herons, carps and squirrels are some of his favourite subjects. Numerous solo and group exhibitions were held in Singapore and around the world. Wen Hsi’s artistic excellence was recognized. Wen Hsi’s constant eagerness to strike for something new led him to learn finger painting – a technique that dates from the Tang Dynasty. This drawing style has enabled him to produce unpredictable broken stroke on paper. He developed his skill in finger painting, inkand-brush, oil, sketches, abstracts and semi-abstract techniques. Every subject he paints, whether lotuses, gibbons, egrets, monkeys, squirrels, birds, or flowers and trees, is palpably vibrant.

008 CHEN WEN HSI (Baigong, Caozhu, 1906 – Singapore, 1992) Two Gibbons Chinese ink on rice paper: 66 x 42 cm Signed in chinese character and stamped, upper left Provenance: Private collection, Jakarta SGD 14,000 - 20,000 USD 10,080 - 14,400

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M. Irfan

009 M. IRFAN (Bukittinggi, West Sumatra 1972) ARS Longa, 2013 Acrylic on canvas: 200 x 250 cm Signed and dated, lower right: Irfan, 2013 Signed, titled and dated on the reverse SGD 20,000 - 30,000 USD 14,400 - 21,600

M. Irfan was born in Bukittinggi, West Sumatra 1972. M. Irfan is included in 51 members of the young artists from West Sumatra that recently held a group exhibition under the theme of Panorama. Irfan’s paintings of train series have captivated the people’s interest.

He mostly painted in huge size. They portray trains, railways, and fumes which give a sense of darkness. His “trains” series was quite a leap in Irfan’s painting career. They contained Irfan’s dreams, hopes and ideas.

ARS Longa is the Latin quote, often rendered in English as Art is long, life is short. It can be interpreted as “art lasts forever, but artists die and are forgotten” (in this use sometimes rendered in the Greek order as “Life is short, Art eternal”). This come to Irfan’s idea to describing how human life span limits all that might be accomplished.

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Lee Man Fong During 1952, Lee was quietly developing his art, which focused on thorough observation of life and nature around him. Lee tried to translate the aesthetic and style of Chinese brush painting into oil on canvas. Considering the differences in texture and consistency between ink and oil, Lee tried to direct the effect of an ink brush with his strokes, which is not a simple act. A large part of these works featured animals, such as the chicken, doves, goldfish, storks, and gibbons.

As an Oriental artist, Lee man Fong has renewed and transformed Western oil painting by imbuing it with the essence of Chinese ink painting, achieving a mutual identity between subject and object, at the same time vastly opening the restrictions on traditional Chinese painting. Lee Man Fong is famous painter who captures gold fishes in magnificent way. Some gold fishes are swimming freely in the space of an aquarium, still with his essential element by using the light, reflecting the sun’s radiance, Lee success to bring all the goldfishes as a depiction of calmness.

010 LEE MAN FONG (Canton, China 1913 – Singapore 1988) Gold Fish, 1957 Oil on board: 102 x 50 cm Signed and stamped in chinese character, upper left Provenance: Private collection, Jakarta SGD 55,000 - 70,000 USD 39,600 - 50,400

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011 DULLAH (Solo, 1919 – 1996) White Rose, 1978 Oil on canvas: 60 x 50 cm Signed and dated, lower right: Dullah, Bali78 Provenance: Private collection, Jakarta SGD 4,800 - 5,500 USD 3,460 - 3,960 26

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Dullah was born in Solo, 1919. He studied painting under Affandi and Sudjojono but has his own distinctive style of naturalism. He was well known for his landscape and portraits paintings. He was one of the founders of HBS – Surakarta Cultural Community (1950). In 1956, he edited book of former Presiden Soekarno’s Private Collection of Indonesian Art (volume I & II). Since the early days of the independence, Dullah was very close to Soekarno, the first President of the Republic of Indonesia and was appointed

by Soekarno to care for the President’s private art collection and as curator of the state painting collections. At age 70, Dullah built his museum, now a cultural landmark, as his dedication to a love of the arts over a creative lifetime. He has had numerous art exhibitions in Indonesia and overseas and in 1988 his work was included in the Art of Bali exhibition held at the East West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. Now, his works been kept in Dullah Museum in Solo. He died in 1996.

012 ONG KIM SENG (Singapore, 1945) Temple Gate, 1990 Oil on canvas: 45 x 61 cm Signed and dated, lower right: Seng90 SGD 7,000 - 9,000 USD 5,040 - 6,480

Born in Singapore, 1945 and has been a full-time artist since 1985. He has participated in group and solo exhibitions at HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore" \o "Singapore" Singapore and in the United States, China, United Kingdom, Japan, Australia, Belgium, Federal Republic Of Germany, France, Middle East, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ASEAN" \o "ASEAN" ASEAN countries. Ong, President of the Singapore Watercolour Society from 1991 to 2001, Cultural Medallion winner (Visual Art) in 1990 and winner of six awards by the prestigious American Watercolourt Society, of which he was conferred membership in 1992. He is also the only HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian" \o "Asian" Asian artist outside the HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA" \o "USA" USA to be admited into AWS.

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Teguh Ostenrik Internationally celebrated Painter and Sculptor, Teguh Ostenrik holds a Master Degree in Fine Arts Hochschule der Kuenste, West Berlin, Germany. He has had more than one hundred solo and group exhibitions in the USA, Europe (France, the Netherlands, Germany), Australia and throughout Asia. His art works and commissioned projects are collected by many private collectors, museums, international institutions and major corporations. To name a few are Willem de Kooning Studio – USA, St.Mary of the Angels Church – Singapore, Fukuoka Art Museum – Japan.

Among many noteworthy recognitions, Ostenrik was awarded The Best Artist 2009 in Visual Arts Category by Tempo Magazine and the Top Ten Philip Morris Art Award in 1997. Most of Ostenrik’s works were created based on his respect to environment. He used lots of recycle material and mother earth colors. He believes that having himself raised in Indonesian culture, graduated from Hochschulle der Künste West Berlin, Germany and later resided in Europa for 16 years, has created a two sided insights in his works. The Indonesian and European culture has merged in him and subconsciously shaped his artistic statement.

Recently, he initiated ARTificial Reef Park Project which was launched in Lombok, Indonesia, a project to restore the nature through art. Using biorocks technology, Ostenrik provides his underwater sculptures as media for the coral to grow and providing a better marine ecosystem. Ostenrik’s 24 years work of art has been documented in Transcending Time, a full coloured 250 pages book, wrote by Art Historian Barbara Asboth.

He was a guest lecturer in the Beijing Central Academy of Art in 2006. For three consecutive years (2006-2008) Teguh is a jury member of China Asean Youth Art Creativity Contest in Nanning – China, a drawing competition with 3000 participants. In 2013, he represented Indonesia to commemorate 10th Anniversary of China-Asean Expo. In 2007, he was honoured to be the Artist in Residence in Penang, Malaysia for the ABN-AMRO and Wawasan Open University. Now Ostenrik resides in Jakarta, Indonesia.

013 TEGUH OSTENRIK (Jakarta, 1950) Ikan Plastik, 1989 Oil on canvas: 130 x 140 cm Signed and dated, lower left: Goeh Ost. 89 Signed, titled and dated on the reverse Provenance: Private collection, Jakarta SGD 7,500 - 10,000 USD 5,400 - 7,200

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Lee Man Fong Lee Man Fong was born in Canton, China, 1913. He arrived at Singapore at young age then later moved to Jakarta. He has shown great artistic talent since young. He participated in the Association’s First Art Exhibition invited by the head of the Dutch East Indies Associations (1931). Lee Man Fong was a successful commercial artist before engaged in full time painting in 1941. His successful exhibitions in Bandung and Jakarta made him a fast growing artist at that time. He received scholarship from the Dutch government to study painting in Holland (1946). In 1952 he returned to Indonesia and gained more credits as well as acknowledgement. He was officially become a presidential palace’s painter and chief curators of its collection in 1961 and compiled a 5 volume edition of President Sukarno’s art collection.

He died in 1988 and remembered as a western vigorous painter and an oriental unique oil painting painter.

In Lee Man Fong paintings, light is of prime importance and the subjects are consistently bathed in a luminous glow as presented in this lot. The background, unlike the flat, void spaces of Chinese paintings, is likewise illuminated by an almost mysterious glow of white sunlight. Therefore the subjects, reflecting the sun’s radiance, seem also to be lit from the back, creating the effect of “glowing silhouettes”. As to the Chinese philosophy, Gold fish is believed that the fish can bring rich and prosperity.

014 LEE MAN FONG (Canton, China 1913 – Singapore 1988) Ikan Mas Koki Oil on board: 102 x 49 cm Signed and stamped in chinese character, lower left Provenance: Private collection, Jakarta SGD 35,000 - 50,000 USD 25,200 - 36,000

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Arie Smit

015 ARIE SMIT (Zaandam, the Netherlands, 1916) Ruins, 1959 Oil on canvas: 39.5 x 60 cm Signed and dated lower left: arie. Sanur, Bali '59 Signed, titled and dated on the reverse SGD 17,000 - 25,000 USD 12,240 - 18,000

Born in Zaandam, the Netherlands, 1916. He was a student of the Academy of Arts in Rotterdam before working as lithographer for the Dutch Colonial Army in the Dutch Indies prior to the Second World War. He moved to Bali in 1956 to engage in full time painting and became an Indonesian Citizen, produced as well as taught painting at the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB). Many of his paintings depict the nature of his surrounding environment. He had several solo exhibitions in Bandung Institute of Technology, The Honolulu East West Center, and the Center of Strategic and International Studies in Jakarta. He received the “Dharma Kusuma” art awards from the local government of Bali.

Hindu temples and shrines are integral to Bali life and as such are a common theme in Smit’s work. It is typical of his work as it depicts community life in rural Bali, his most favoured subject matter. Smit was inspired by the watercolours of Western artist Signac. In his experimentation with colour and fascination with light, Smit identified with the Impressionist painters of the late 19th Century, particularly Cezanne.

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016 AHMAD SADALI (Garut, West Java, 1924 - Bandung, 1987) Abstrak, 1987 Mixed media on paper: 35,5 x 39 cm Signed and dated, lower right: Sadali, 1987 SGD 6,500 - 8,000 USD 4,680 - 5,760

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He graduated from the Department of Art, Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) in 1953, where he later taught, becoming a Professor in the Art Department in 1972. He received a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation to study at Iowa State University and the New York Art Student's League in USA 1956-1957. He also studied in The Netherlands and Australia in 1977, a Pakistan in 1980.

He held his solo exhibition in Jakarta, Surabaya, Bandung and Yogyakarta. He also has participated in several group exhibitions such as in Indonesia, China, Japan, Thailand, Philippines, Singapore, India, Vietnam, USA, Switzerland, UK, France, Brazil and Saudi Arabia. He received some Awards including the Anugerah Seni Art Award from the Indonesian Government in 1972 and awards from the Jakarta Arts Council at the Indonesian Painting Biennials in 1974 and 1978.

017 SUPARTO (Yogyakarta, 1924-2001) Matahari dan Bangu ( Sun and Herons), 1994 Oil on canvas: 120 x 95 cm Signed and dated, lower right: Suparto, 23.9.94 Literature: Koes Karnadi, Selected Works Of Ninety-Nine Artist Who Depicted Indonesia, Published by Koes Artbooks, Pg 185 SGD 9,000 - 12,000 USD 6,480 - 8,640

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Budi Ubrux Born in 1968. He was graduated from the Institute of Fine Art (ISI) Yogyakarta. He had lived for 2 years in Switzerland to continue his study and working. He has participated in several exhibitions in Indonesia and overseas. He had his solo exhibition in Semarang Gallery (2002). He received awards as the first winner of PMIAA, a finalist for Asean Art Award (2000) in Singapore and Indofood Art Award, Jakarta (2002). Now he lives in Bantul, Yogyakarta. The exhibition at the furnace gallery (15 – 30 May 2010) was Budi Haryono aka Ubrux’ first exhibition in Europe, a breakthrough after his three earlier solos at Semarang Gallery, Bentara Budaya Jakarta, and iPreciation gallery in Singapore.

Budi Ubrux loves to create contemporary realist artworks by exploring newspaper as a true-lies media. This phenomenon is put into canvas in the form of human being with skin from newspaper. Figures wrapped from top to toe in newspaper appeared suggesting a futuristic imagination of what could happen in our uncertain future. Bandaged, swathed and tied, the faceless sculptural figures are able to lead the imagination in wild proximity. Since then, art observers and collectors became interested in his works.

018 BUDI UBRUX (Yogyakarta, 1968) F1, 2012 Oil on canvas : 115 x 325 cm Signed and dated, lower right: B Ubrux’12 SGD 20,000 - 30,000 USD 14,400 - 21,600

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S. Sudjojono Sindudarsono Sudjojono was born in Kisaran North Sumatra, on December 14, 1913. He studied painting from Mas Pringadi and a Japanese painter, Chiyoyi Yazaki. In 1937 he founded the Persagi Indonesian Artists Association in Jakarta. In 1970 he was awarded recognition in art by the Indonesian government. His works have been exhibited in the Netherlands and in the Fukuoka Art Museum in Japan (1980). Local exhibitions have been held in Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Denpasar and Bandung. He died in Jakarta (1986).

Sudjojono’s work used a combination of fantasy and memory to create his surrealistic landscapes, depicted with piercing emotional realism, sometimes showing joy, pathos, dignity, and frustration.

Sometimes, he incorporated elements derived from places that he had seen in books or actually visited. His observation of his surroundings seemed spontaneous, as though they were snapshots of views that appealed to him.

019 S. SUDJOJONO (Kisaran, 1914 – 1986) Angsa,1969 Oil on board: 45 x 65 cm Signed and dated, upper left: SS.Djak.1969 This lot is accompanied with certificate of authenticity from Museum Provenance: Private collection, Jakarta SGD 50,000 - 70,000 USD 36,000 - 50,400

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Renowned European Artist

Lita Cabellut Cabellut fame of museum and artist. Lita lived her gypsy-childhood in Barcelona. At the age of 13, after a crucial visit at the Prado Museum wherein she was inspired by the old Spanish and Dutch Court master artists, Lita decided to become an artist. To this end she started to take classical paint technique classes four times each week taught by an established master painter. Four years later Lita’s work was on exhibit at the Town Hall museum of Masnou, Barcelona. At the age of 19 she decided to leave her native country of Spain for new challenges in the Netherlands.

The artist has been exhibited throughout museums in the United States and Europe.

Between 1982-1984 the artist studied at the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. As early as the year 1988 Lita was well-established enough to earn a living solely from her artistic endeavors. Lita Cabellut is considered to be an artist with a unique pictorial language, using a contemporary variation on the fresco-technique and her own personalized ‘Cabellutpalette’. Her work has been exhibited throughout museums the United States and Europe, and has been the subject of much critical acclamation.

020 * LITA CABELLUT (Spanish, 1961) Dried Tear 28 Oil on canvas: 115 x 100 cm SGD 18,000 - 28,000 USD 12,960 - 20,160

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021 NASIRUN (Cilacap, 1965) World at The Time of Rebirth, 1997 Oil on canvas: 144 x 199 cm Signed and dated lower left: NS. Run'97 SGD 13,000 - 20,000 USD 9,360 - 14,400

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Born in Cilacap, October 1, 1965. He studied at the Indonesian Institute of Arts (ISI) Yogyakarta (1987 – 1994). He received awards for the best sketches and paintings from ASRI, selected as one of the five best paintings at Yayasan Seni Rupa Indonesia (Indonesian Fine Arts Foundation) – Philip Morris Indonesian Art Award, and entered to the ASEAN Art Awards in Manila, the Philippines.

He held his solo exhibitions at the Galeri Nasional Indonesia (Indonesian National Gallery) in 2000 and participated in Soul Ties exhibition in Singapore Art Museum.

022 ABDUL DJALIL “A.D.” PIROUS (Meulaboh, Aceh, 1932) Still Life - Alam Benda, 1968 Mixed media on canvas: 100 x 100 cm Signed and dated, lower right: AD. Pirous’68 Signed, titled and dated on the reverse SGD 7,000 - 9,000 USD 5,040 - 6,480

He was born in Meulaboh, Aceh, on 11 March 1933. He finished his arts education at the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) and continued his study at Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, United States majoring art and graphic design (1964 – 1970). He was well known as the pioneer of modern calligraphic art in Indonesia. He won several national and international competitions among other are as the Best Painting Prize in Biennale Art Award from the Jakarta Arts Council (1974, 1976), the silver medal at the International Arts Exhibition I in Seoul, Korea, and the Indonesian Arts Award (1985). He has participated in numerous exhibitions throughout the world, including the Asia-Pacific Triennale, Brisbane, and the 9th International Asia Exhibition, Taipei (1994). After he retired from the Academic world, AD Pirous is still working as a painter and thinker in the field of art and culture.

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Siew Hock Meng

023 SIEW HOCK MENG (Malaysia, 1942) Dialogue Oil on canvas: 81 x 122 cm SGD 35,000 - 45,000 USD 25,200 - 32,400

Born in Johor, Malaysia, 1942. He graduated from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore (1961). He is widely known for his oil and pastel paintings. His subject center on life studies, scenes and landscapes done in Singapore and the region. He Siew Hock Meng creates works that are imaginative and thought-provoking, always challenging the viewers to dig deeper into his artistic motivations. His keen observations and personal reflections are especially poignant in the many thoughtful and contemplative landscapes of Singapore and other places he has visited. Despite his low profile and infrequent exposure, Siew’s work is highly regarded in the art circle and is much sought after in the region.  Awards: Awarded the National Day Medal for Fine Arts in 1971.

Awarded the Award for Visual Arts Creation, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Alumni Association Singapore in 1981 and 1984.

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Mochtar Apin Born in Padang Panjang, West Sumatra, 1923. He graduated form the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) in 1951 and continued his study of art and handicrafts in Amsterdam finished in 1953. Besides painting, he also created graphic works. His works have been exhibited in many countries. He was among the first who benefited from a Dutch formal education during the colonial period and was able to acquire a strong intellectual basis for producing modern art. From a very young age, he was able to nurture his artistic bent through special instruction from Dutch art teachers. He went on to pursue art at the Kunstnijverheid School in Amsterdam, and the Ecole Nationale Suprieure des Beaux Arts in Paris as well as the Deutsche Akademie der Kuenste in Berlin. Due to his extensive art studies, Mochtar Apin became proficient in a variety of techniques. With such knowledge, he was well equipped to debate on the role of art in Indonesia. In the Indonesian art world, Mochtar Apin’s diverse range of interests and unique versatility in style has left behind an artistic legacy that has held the interest of art connoisseurs to this day.

024 MOCHTAR APIN (Padang, 1923 – 1994) Langkah dan Lirik, 1991 Acrylic on canvas: 140 x 130 cm Signed and dated, lower left: Mochtar Apin’91 Signed, titled and dated on the reverse SGD 15,000 - 20,000 USD 10,800 - 14,400

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Affandi

025 AFFANDI (Cirebon, 1907 – 1990) Dua Ayam Aduan Di Dalam Sangkar, 1965 Oil on canvas: 99.5 x 127 cm Signed and dated, lower right: AF.1965 Accompanied with verification letter from the Museum Provenance: Private collection, Jakarta SGD 160,000 - 230,000 USD 115,200 - 165,600 Affandi was taught at the Indonesian Academy of Fine Arts in Yogyakarta in early 1955. He received a scholarship from the U. S. government to study arts education in 1957, after participating in International exhibitions in Brazil and Italy. He was made an Honorary Professor of Painting by Ohio State University, and in 1974 was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Singapore.

He also received the Peace Award from the Dag Hammarskjoeld Foundation in 1977, and the title of Grand Maestro in Florence, Italy.

Affandi was passionate about his country and a large proportion of his works concern his feelings about the land and its people. Though Affandi only painted what he observed and never approached his works from any kind of philosophical or analytical starting point, he was particularly fond of Bali and Javanese culture.

The chicken seller is one of the many recurring themes of the artist and yet the unique personality of the sitter never fails to captive the viewers. Very often, despite the artist’s apparent focus on the main subject which is the fight of the animals, Affandi is very fond of creating a sense of spontaneity by adding idiosyncratic details such as the feet of the onlooker, or the drinking spectator at the scene. By doing this, he creates a sense of immediacy equivalent to that of a snapshot and yet capturing the last emotion and personality for eternity. A sense of festivity is also conveyed, as the joyous crowd is clearly drinking to the occasion whilst the fighting animal are entangled in a fury of violence that is conveyed, as the joyous crown is clearly drinking to the occasions whilst the fighting animal area entangled in a fury of violent that is conjured by repeat, ` stokes in many colors 48

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026 LUCIEN FRITS OHL (Palembang, South Sumatra, 1904 – The Hague, 1976) Sorting of Wares Oil on canvas: 76 x 61 cm Signed, lower right: L. Frits Ohl SGD 8,000 - 10,000 USD 5,760 - 7,200

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Born in Palembang, South Sumatra, 1904. He was a self-taught painter whose works were mostly Indonesian landscape. He also produced paintings of Asian panorama. He was a painter, watercolorist, and draughtsman in the style reminiscent of the late of GP. Adolfs. He once lived in Jakarta for a long time then settled in The Hague until he died in 1976.

027 ENTANG WIHARSO (Tegal, 1967) Floating Eyes, 2000 Oil on canvas: 125 x 88 cm Signed and dated, lower left: Entang Wiharso,00

Born in Tegal, 1967. He studied at the Indonesian Institute of Arts, Yogyakarta (1987 – 1994). He performed his one-man shows at Agniel Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island, USA (2000), Chouinard Gallery, Hongkong, Jakarta, Yogyakarta and Washington DC (2001 – 2002). He joined group exhibitions at Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia (2000), Casa de Cantabria, Madrid, Spain, H. Widayat Museum, Magelang, Nadi Gallery, Jakarta (2001), Semarang Gallery, Semarang and Nadi Gallery, Jakarta (2002).

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Samsul Arifin Born in Malang, East Java, 1979, Samsul Arifin's story is a story of a restless soul.

He works on his visual creations involving many things and objects. Samsul had always been very much interested in art. His journey in the art world, however, had not been smooth. He started out in Malang, but the town could not facilitate his artistic aspirations and idealism. Eventually he moved to Yogyakarta to study art at the SMSR (the Secondary School for Visual Arts).

Now he continues his study at the department of painting of ISI, Yogyakarta.

Objects of still life have become recent theme used by young contemporary painters. They sometimes only represent common object that have been familiar with us but never put into account. Objects like eraser or pencil perhaps do not have deep meaning to a person. On the contrary, for Samsul, this object represents what he feels and thinks. They symbolize how modern people get advantage from using very simple and common thing like eraser and pencil.

He keeps questioning about the freedom and the limitation of an artist, about art that is ideally free from any tendency. Samsul's works generally tells of morality and ethics, which he continually questions. As one of the artists who begin their career in the year 2000, like his predecessors, Samsul practices the freedom of choosing his artistic media.

028 SAMSUL ARIFIN (Malang, East Java, 1979) The Thinker, 2009 Oil on canvas: 150 x 200 cm Signed and dated, lower right: Samsul Arifin.07.08.09 SGD 20,000 - 30,000 USD 14,400 - 21,600

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Cheong Soo Pieng Cheong Soo Pieng (b.1917, Amoy, China - d. 1st July 1983, Singapore), was one of Singapore’s pioneer modern artists, and a key proponent of the Nanyang style of art. Cheong Soo was a driving force to the development of Modernism in visual art in the early 20th-century Singapore. He was also known for his signature depiction of Southeast Asian indigenous tribal people with elongated limbs and torso, almond-shaped faces and eyes in his paintings.

Cheong was born the youngest of seven children in Amoy, China. His parents were neutral to his choice of education, when Cheong took to studying art at in the Xiamen Academy of Fine Art in 1933. In 1936 Cheong graduated and attended Xinhua Academy of Fine Art in Shanghai for further studies, only to have his education cut short with the breakout of the Sino-Japanese War and the school destroyed by Japanese invaders in 1938.

Cheong returned to his alma mater to teach art, and pursued his painting passion in watercolours due to scarcity of oil paint materials. In 1942 Cheong held his first solo exhibition of watercolor works. In 1945 Cheong left China for Hong Kong and relocated to Singapore in late 1946 where he would be a lecturer at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts for the next 20 year. In 1955 Cheong Soo Pieng, along with five other artists Chen Wen Hsi, Chen Chong Swee, Lim Hak Tai, Tay Wee Koh, and Suri bin Mohyani were invited to showcase their artworks in England, funded by fellow artist and arts patron Ho Kok Hoe. The exhibition was officially opened by the Duchess of Kent. In 1962, the Government of Singapore awarded Cheong Soo Pieng the Meritorious Service Medal. Cheong died on July 1, 1983 due to heart failure.

Besides painting both in the Eastern and Western techniques of Chinese ink and oils, Cheong Soo Pieng also sculpted and crafted metal installations. But it is his Nanyang-style paintings in particular that have received much attention. The techniques used are recognized as a creative blend of West and East, and the subject matter was inspired from his Southeast Asian surroundings hence the term Nanyang or South-Seas style. He was one of the first artists to paint in this theme. Inspiration for this stemmed from a Bali trip in 1952, which he embarked with three others: Liu Kang, Chen Wen Hsi and Chen Chong Swee.

029 CHEONG SOO PIENG (China, 1917 - 1983) Kampong Life, 1967 Ink & Watercolor on paper: 78 x 38.5 cm Signed in chinese and stamped, lower left Signed and dated, lower left: SOOPIENG 67 Anonymous Sale Sotheby’s Hongkong, 6 October 2008 SGD 20,000 - 30,000 USD 14,400 - 21,600

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Trubus Sudarsono Born in 23 April 1926 in Wates, Yogyakarta. He only had a short formal education until elementary school. His amazing talent and skill was sharpened through learning time with Affandi and Sudjojono. During revolutionary time in Yogya, he joined Seniman Indonesia Muda and then Pelukis Rakyat lead by Hendra Gunawan. In 1948, he was arrested and jailed in Netherlands colonial government because he was considered involving with guerrilla activity. After released from prisoner, he taught at Akademi Seni Rupa Indonesia, Yogyakarta during 1950-1960. He was known as one of the strongest realism painter in Indonesia. He indeed closed with opposition and had been selected as Indonesia delegate in a goodwill journey to Chekoslovakia in 1954. Trubus was also a victim of opposition elimination in 1966. Trubus had mastery in capturing the dancing figure through expressive brush stroke that become his distinctive characteristic in painting. He tended to use secondary and tertiary colours that reflected his restless spirit.

030 TRUBUS SUDARSONO (Yogyakarta, 1926 – 1966) Penari, 1960 Oil on canvas: 110 x 70 cm Signed and dated, lower left: Trubus S.1960 Provenance: Private collection, Jakarta SGD 16,000 -20,000 USD 11,520 - 14,400

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031 PUTU SUTAWIJAYA (Bali, 1971) Jendela, 2002 Mixed media on canvas: 120 x 100 cm Signed, titled and dated, lower left: Putu Sutawijaya 2002 Jendela Signed, titled and dated on reverse SGD 16,000 - 22,000 USD 11,520 - 15,840

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Born in Bali, 1971. He studied at Sekolah Tinggi Seni Rupa Denpasar (STSR), Bali and continued his study to Indonesia Institute of Arts (ISI), Yogyakarta. He graduated from ISI in 1997. He had his solo exhibitions in Yogyakarta, Singapore, Hong Kong and Jakarta. He also participated in numerous group exhibitions since 1990 in Bali, Yogyakarta, Hong Kong, etc. He was awarded Best Watercolor and Sketch from ISI Yogyakarta (1991) and Best Painting from ISI Yogyakarta, Top Ten Paintings (1999) and Lempad Price from Sanggar Dewata Indonesia in 2000.

032 DADANG CHRISTANTO (Tegal, 1957) Di Dalam Lautan Sunyi, 2014 Acrylic on canvas: 115 x 135 cm

Born in Tegal, Central Java, 1957. He studied painting at Pawiyatan Sanggar Bambu, Yogyakarta (1975 – 1977), Sekolah Seni Rupa (SMSR) Yogyakarta (1975 – 1979), The Institute of Arts (ISI) Yogyakarta (1980 – 1986) and later become the lecturer at the School of Art and Design, Northern Territory University, Darwin, Australia (1999 – 2003) and lecturer at the College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wale, Sydney, Australia (2004). Since 2006 he lives and works in Brisbane, Australia.

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Cucu Ruchyat Cucu Ruchyat is born in Bandung, 1970. He studied painting under the guidance of his senior artists in Bandung and Bali. Since 1999 he started actively participated in group exhibition such as Syair Pengantin in Jakarta (2005). He received award from the Phillip Morris Art Awards. His subject of paintings mostly derived from his great attention towards the socialeconomic condition. The present lot illustrates the recent condition he personally observed.

The tight competition to live in a big city has forced the people to justify anything (good or bad) ino order to achieve their goals. The lust of material wealth has set aside the existence of legal norms. This happened to create a battle situation “survival of the fittest�, so that the strongest will stay alive while the week will vanished.

033 CUCU RUCHYAT (Bandung, 1970) Story on Dining Table, 2013 Oil on canvas: 195 x 300 cm Signed and dated, lower left: Ruchyat, 2013 This lot is accompanied with certificate of authenticity from the artist SGD 22,000 - 30,000 USD 15,840 - 21,600

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Ardison Ardison was born in Batusangkar, West Sumatra, 4 April 1974. He studied at the Indonesian Institute of Arts (ISI) Yogyakarta. Since 1992 he had actively participated in several group exhibitions in major cities in Indonesia; Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Jakarta and Padang. Besides paintings he also produces sculptors. He received award at the Indofood Art Awards Jakarta, 2003.

Since 1999, Ardison starts to paint with realistic representations of object without connecting them to any other ideas. Several of his works also become more rhythmic as he learned about the pattern and textures of woods. Next this phase developed into a figurative one that had more story motifs. His thoughts were stirred towards problems of society as he become interested in social, political and environmental issues around him.

His ideas also came from reading the newspaper or watching television. It takes around one or three months to finish a work because he pays a great deal in details which is very complicated and time-consuming.

Ardison takes ordinary landscapes through his simple shapes, colors and composition. His characteristic on his works shows aesthetic three-dimensional effect. The present lot Low of The Highlands (Go Green Series) may suggest Ardison’s environmental issues that he sees from a positive viewpoint. The mountain being elevated above the earth and nearer as it were to heaven, to the beginnings of things. Although the mountain is high but it will stay low and humble.

034 ARDISON (West Sumatra, 1974) Low of The Highlands (Go Green Series), 2015 Acrylic on canvas: 190 x 200 cm Signed and dated, lower right: Ardison, 2015 Signed, titled and dated on the reverse SGD 12,000 - 18,000 USD 8,640 - 12,960

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Srihadi Sudarsono Srihadi’s experimentation on the theme of Borobudur takes a long process of attempting to understand the essence of life and nature. The great monument Borobudur is an icon of cultural.

Symbolizing the various stages of life, Borobudur is a cultural text as well as an embodiment of human religiosity.

As a historical icon shrouded in myths and legends, the text presented by Borobudur is open to various interpretations and reinterpretations depending on the depth of perspective and inner feeling typical of each historical period. Srihadi considers the artistic architectural form of Borobudur set in the surrounding natural environment. As a concrete statement that religious behavior and attitudes are the highest human values, Borobudur is living proof of the hopes and ideals of mankind. When meditating at Borobudur, Srihadi employs the techniques of silent and clean. Such a state of mind is required when a person prays, and this state of mind is similar to the behavioral concept of the Arupadatu at the pinnacle of Borobudur.

035 SRIHADI SOEDARSONO (Solo, 1931) Borobudur-Soul of Nature, 2013 Oil on canvas: 170 x 150 cm Signed and dated, upper right: Srihadi S, 2013 Signed, titled and dated again on the reverse Provenance: Prominent collection, Jakarta SGD 120,000 - 180,000 USD 86,400 - 129,600

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036 SUDARSO (Purwokerto, 1914 - 2006) Sitting on Bamboo Chair, 1977 Oil on canvas: 115 x 80 cm Signed and dated, lower right: Sudarso77 Literature: Nasjah Djamin.Sides Sudyarto, The World of Sudarso, Pubished by Hexart Publishing, Jakarta, 2005. pg. 27 SGD 7,000 - 10,000 USD 5,040 - 7,200 66

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Born in Purwokerto, Central Java, 1914. Affandi was his customer when he was an egg and milk seller. From that time he was interested in painting and learnt under Affandi as well as young painters such as Barli, Wahdi, and Hendra. He became a teacher at the Indonesian Fine Arts Academy (ASRI), Yogyakarta. He had participated in numerous exhibitions and active in many painters organizations.

Now he lives in Sidoarjo, Surabaya. Solo Exhibition, 1961 to 1969. And he was participated in group exhibition “19 Indonesian Painter” in Singapore and Malaysia, 1967. And Reunion exhibition painter “Angakatan 45 Bandung” in Bandung,1975. Exhibition of Fine Art “Membaca Dunia Widayat” at Museum H.Widayat, Mungkid, Magelang, 2004.

037 NASIRUN (Cilacap, 1965) Merjer Politik, 1998 Oil on canvas: 145 x 140 cm Signed and dated lower middle: NS. Run98 Signed, titled and dated on the reverse

Born in Cilacap, October 1, 1965. He studied at the Indonesian Institute of Arts (ISI) Yogyakarta (1987 – 1994). He received awards for the best sketches and paintings from ASRI, selected as one of the five best paintings at Yayasan Seni Rupa Indonesia (Indonesian Fine Arts Foundation) – Philip Morris Indonesian Art Award, and entered to the ASEAN Art Awards in Manila, the Philippines. He held his solo exhibitions at the Galeri Nasional Indonesia (Indonesian National Gallery) in 2000 and participated in Soul Ties exhibition in Singapore Art Museum.

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Renowned European Artist

Andre Basillier

038 * ANDRE BRASILIER (B. Anjou 1929) Cavalcade Maritime, 2008 Oil on canvas: 97 x 146 cm Signed, lower right: Andre Brasilier SGD 60,000 - 70,000 USD 43,200 - 50,400

Born in Anjou in 1929 from a family of painters, he starts painting from his very childhood. First prize in Rome at the age 23, he quickly makes a start in the Parisian artistic life. He takes part in many exhibitions and art fairs in France and abroad.

As Bernard de Montgolfier puts it, although he paints out of the reality, he is not a realist: “It is the very personal way of BRASILIER to be non-figurative inside figuration.” Lyrical charm, vivid colours, harmonious daring of his simplifying visions, but at the same time fleeting, evocative and sublimated, made his renown exceeds the borders of a country whose grace he is the one to transfigure.

His pictural, ceramic and engraved works are joously spreading in Europe, USA, Canada and Japan where his shows are great successes. “by transfiguring life, I would like to build a plastic work that helps to see and to dream.” Andre Brasilier.

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Sudjana Kerton Sudjana Kerton was born in Bandung, 1922. He made documentary paintings in sketches and sculptures depicting the struggle of independence, exhibited in Sono Budoyo Museum, Yogyakarta and other cities throughout Java. He won a fellowship to study in Amsterdam and Paris and later received a scholarship to study at the Art Students League, New York.

Sudjana Kerton, as a painter of the “common folk of Indonesia,” started painting scenes of daily Indonesian (mostly village and farming) life. He was already painting landscapes and portraits of people in the years before the Struggle for Independence (Perjuangan Kemerdekaan) against the Dutch colonialists broke out. Kerton’s work including as the pioneer of Indonesian Modern art. His astounding vision and perspective are increasingly being considered as serious counterpoints and responses to those of the country’s great masters, playing an equally important role in the expression of Modern Indonesian Soul.

039 SUDJANA KERTON (Bandung, 1922 – 1994) Wanita Brasil, 1990 Oil on canvas: 110 x 80 cm Titled and dated on the reverse This lot is accompanied with certificate of authenticity from the artist Provenance: Private collection, Jakarta SGD 25,000 - 35,000 USD 18,000 - 25,200

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Agung Mangu Putra

040 AGUNG MANGU PUTRA (Sangeh, Bali, 1963) Diatas Awan Di Bawah Rembulan, 2006 Oil on canvas: 140 x 200 cm Signed and dated, lower right: Mangu Putra, 2006 Signed, titled and dated on the reverse SGD 35,000 - 50,000 USD 25,200 - 36,000

Mangu Putra was born in Sangeh, Bali, on May 11, 1963. This exciting and very talented artist has participated in a number of group and solo exhibitions throughout Indonesia and abroad. He received awards as the Best in Design Arts (during the 4th and 6th anniversary of ISI, as the finalist of Philip Morris Award in 1994 and Indofood Art Award 2002, Second Place, Jakarta. Mangu Putra’s works arise from intense contact with the world as a conscious expression of his main creative orientation. Representations of natural phenomena, along with the inner pulse of life, form the main stream of his search. The natural world, such as mountains and coasts, are depicted as identifiable objects.

Some of his works with abstract designs imply natural images, such as the character of water and the texture and colours of earth or stone.

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041 ALIMIN TAMIN (Solok, 1932) Baris Dancer, 1978 Oil on canvas: 92 x 72 cm Signed and dated, lower left: Alimin,Bali 78 SGD 4,500 - 6,000 USD 3,240 - 4,320

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Born in Solok, West Sumatra 1932. He learnt painting under S. Sudjojono and Harijadi. In 1952, he joined the Indonesian Young Artists Gallery. He founded Matahari painters association together with Nashar, Wakijan, Mardian, and others (1954). He also established the Kedatom Gallery, Danpasar, Bali (1960).

042 POPO ISKANDAR (Garut, 1927 – Bandung, 2000) Two Young Leopard, 1997 Oil on canvas: 75 x 70 cm Signed and dated, lower left: Popo97 This lot is accompanied with certificate of authenticity from Griya Seni Popo Iskandar

Born in Garut, December 17, 1927. He started painting in 1944.

He graduated from the University of Indonesia and Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB). Besides as a painter he is also an art observer and writer. In 1980 he received art award from Indonesian Government. He has participated in many exhibitions in Indonesia as well as overseas. His works were mostly on animal such as chicken, cat, and tiger. He held his solo exhibitions at Taman Ismail Marzuki Arts Center, Jakarta (1987, 1992, and 1994), National Gallery, Jakarta (1999) and participated in group exhibitions at KIAS, USA (1990), The Best of Indonesia, Jakarta (1997), and Slovenia Gradec (1997).

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Chen Wen Hsi Born in Baigong, Caozhu, 1906. Chen Wen Hsi studied art at the Hsin Hwa Art Academy in Shanghai. He became a lecturer at the Nangyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore. His paintings were strongly influenced by Chan (Zen) and the unorthodox Qing School of Yangzhou.

He actively participated in several exhibitions outside Singapore which also incidentally promote Singapore. Wen Hsi’s artistic excellence was recognized. Among the many awards he had received are the Public Service Star in 1964, a Gold Medal by the National Museum of History, Taiwan in 1980, the first recipient of the ASEAN Cultural and Communication Award for outstanding artists in 1987 and received an honorary doctorate from the National University of Singapore. He became famous since his oil study on formalism, cubism, and expressive abstraction.

Chen's mastery in depicting human figures was also found in keen observation of nature and animals. His subjects include landscapes, figures, birds and animals, still life studies and abstract compositions. Chen was especially adept at drawing egrets, monkeys and birds.

His techniques of fauvism was marked by the use of bold, often distorted forms and vivid colors; cubism, characterized by the reduction and fragmentation of natural forms into abstract and often geometric structures; and abstract expression, characterized by the exclusion of representational content.

043 CHEN WEN HSI (Baigong, Caozhu, 1906 – Singapore, 1992) Squirrels Chinese ink on rice paper: 50 x 66 cm Stamped, upper left Provenance: Private collection, Jakarta SGD 15,000 - 20,000 USD 10,800 - 14,400

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Srihadi Sudarsono Srihadi express the essence of classical Javanese dances such as the bedoyo Ketawang as a symbolic definition of life. The slow, gentle, refined movements of the dance inspire a mood of contemplation.

With the refined music of the Javanese gamelan accompaniment, the entire dance seems to be a form of meditation, thereby justifying its description as a sacred dance. In philosophical terms, the dance movements have meaning and they symbolize principles of ethnics and aesthetics. They also express the level of sublime spiritual energy of the dancer.

Srihadi has explored other aspects of the inner nature of movement besides those of immobility and diffused dynamism. Some lie midway between these two tendencies. He has explored composed movement, such as that practiced in the traditional dance of the Javanese palaces, in particular the Bedoyo Ketawang, which is considered to be the epitome of Javanese refinement. In the paintings on this theme, the fuzzy atmosphere shrouding the figures are gone; rather, the head and limbs are suspended, almost immobile, and drawn with an extreme delicacy, otherwise found only in the artist’s work depicting wayang puppets. Only the cloth moves, slowly drifting along the ground, merging dark violet into black. There is a visual rhythm set up by the inert head and limbs, the color of the headdress, and the casual placement of the hanging white garlands.

044 SRIHADI SOEDARSONO (Solo, 1931) Bedoyo Ketawang-Energy of The Soul, 2002 Oil on canvas: 130 x 130 cm Signed and dated, upper right: Srihadi S.2002 Signed, titled and dated on the reverse Provenance: Private collection, Jakarta SGD 90,000 - 150,000 USD 64,800 - 108,000

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Renowned European Artist

Jean Pierre Roc Roussey French artist Jean-Pierre Roc-Roussey uses myths and themes from Neo-Classicism and the Renaissance, mixed with elements from the Middle Ages and Oriental civilisations.

His work is mainly focused on women warriors, amazons, Greek goddesses, samurai women or African dancers, creating a new form of exoticism with mysterious realm."

His figures are characterized by slim elongated torsos and disproportionate limbs, with a liberal use of rich color and gold leaf. For this series, the artist says he was influenced

by Indian miniature paintings and their jewel-toned palette, as well as Mongol imagery including riders and archers.

“I usually start with a very small sketch which has the general idea. It’s very simple, but when it’s right I just know it, because all the proportions are already there,” he explains.

Roc-Roussey primarily uses a glazing technique to build up the colors, super-imposing layer over layer of transparencies over a darker background.

045 * JEAN PIERRE ROC ROUSSEY (1951-2000) Ange Messangere aux Ailes d'or Oil on canvas: 130 x 130 cm Signed, upper leftt: Roc Roussey SGD 30,000 - 40,000 USD 21,600 - 28,800

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046 RUSLI (Medan, 1912 – Jakarta 2005) Pasar Di Bali, 1967 Oil on canvas: 90 x 118 cm Signed and dated, lower left: Rusli, 1967 SGD 12,000 - 18,000 USD 8,640 - 12,960

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Rusli was born in Medan, North Sumatra, 1912. He studied at the Kala Bhawana Santiniketan University of Rabindranath Tagore, India from 1932 to 1938, and he taught in 1951 at Akademi Seni Rupa Indonesia (ASRI) in Yogyakarta. He joined Seniman Muda Indonesia (Indonesian Young Artists) and helped established the Seni Rupa Masyarakat (Art for People Association). In 1955 he performed his solo exhibition at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. His works were exhibited at the Biennale exhibition II in Sao Paolo, Brazil (1953) and held solo exhibition at Palazzo Brancaccio, Rome, Italy (1954 – 1956). He passed away in Jakarta on 11 May 2005.

047 AWANG DAMIT AHMAD (Kuala Penyu, Sabah) Payarama Dari Jendela, 2014 Mixmedia on canvas: 61 x 61 cm Signed, titled and dated on the reverse SGD 8,000 - 12,000 USD 5,760 - 8,640

Born in1956, Kuala Penyu (Sabah). Awang Damit is one of the renowned abstract expressionists in Ma- laysia. After graduating from UiTM in Fine Arts in 1983, he crafted his way into the Catholic University of America to Washington D.C., to obtain Masters in Fine Arts (1989). Awang Damit now lectures in UITM. He has held positions as the Curator of the Art Gallery and Head of the Fine Arts Department before being appointed an Associate Professor in 2000.

While lecturing in UiTM, he completed the lauded series Marista (2002) and Iraga (2011). He also has started on his fourth series – Paya Ramahe – with a touch of modernity. His different styles of painting are what make people more attracted to his artwork. Awang Damit belongs to the second generation abstract expressionists in modern Malaysian art. This group widened the scope of their artistic expression turning landscapes and nature into a new set of visual language. In his paintings, everything is reduced to its essential elements, nothing superfluous or unnecessary retained. Colours are essential components. Immersed in a selection of earth colour, the master creates abstract spaces with his signature broad and daring brushstrokes. Awang’s non-representational painting, geometrical forms with diverse lines against subdivided background, is often unique and optimistic in spirit. Awang Damit has held various exhibitions both in groups as well as solo including the Bentuk and Makna by Galeri Seni FSSR (UiTM, 2000) and Intipati Budaya – Satu Sintesis show at the National Art Gallery (Kuala Lumpur, 1995). Awang Damit has also actively involved himself in shows abroad including in China, Taiwan, Japan and London.

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Basoeki Abdullah Born in Solo, January 27, 1915, he is the second son of Abdullah Soerjosoebroto, a prominent landscape painter. He studied at the Academia van Beeldende Kunsten in The Hague, the Netherlands. His work includes painting of the Queen of Netherlands, King of Thailand, President of Philippines, Sultan of Brunei and many other important figures. He is best known as a portrait painter as well as landscapes, fauna, flora and other themes. His works have been exhibited in various European countries, South East Asia and Indonesia.

The present lot feature one of Basoeki’s fauna themes. This painting depicts the world of the doves as peaceful and calm, but at the same time dynamic. The wonderful painting of doves in pairs symbolize a good match, which may be further extended to mean “peaceful coexistence” as to in Chinese philosophy.

048 BASOEKI ABDULLAH (Solo, 1915 – Jakarta, 1993) A Pair of Doves Oil on canvas: 120 x 55 cm Signed, lower left: Basoeki Abdullah Provenance: Private collection, Jakarta SGD 58,000 - 64,000 USD 41,760 - 46,080

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Jumaldi Alfi Born in Lintau, July 19, 1973. He studied fine art at Institute Seni Indonesia (ISI), Yogyakarta and graduted in 1999. He actively exhibits solo exhibition or group exhibition. Among them were held in Yogyakarta, Magelang, Gresik, Bali, Jakarta, Singapore, and Berlin Germany. He had received several awards, such as The Best Painting of Institute Seni Indonesia, Yogyakarta and as a finalist of Indonesian Art Award V and X. He formed Kelompok Seni Rupa Jendela, Yogyakarta with other artists that come from the same region, West Sumatra.

Jumaldi tends to work in series. Alfi’s works are a mixture of naïve scribbles and meditative pondering. There is no sign of connection that we can use, to gather meaning from the presence of these things and forms. They all seemed to run free, detached, merely as elements. Jumaldi Alfi experiment in using many colors appears rather surprising and interesting. Alfi wishes to be freed from feelings of melancholy and the weight of personal problems about his identity, conflicts and self-sacrifices that clearly dominate and influence his creative ideas.

Besides painting figures, Alfi also produced paintings with soothing colors, in which the stillness of stones suspended in the air, the cactus emerging as the symbol of survival and the lotus bringing peace, new hope and new life, are set as tangible metaphors that examine the concepts of meditation – of heaven and earth, and of man within the universe.

049 JUMALDI ALFI (Lintau, West Sumatra, 1973) Memoration Series : Pandora, 2007 Arcylic on canvas : 175 x 190 cm Signed, titled and dated on the reverse SGD 18,000 - 25,000 USD 12,960 - 18,000

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Affandi Squeezing paint directly onto the canvas seems best suit Affandi, allowing him to have full artistic expression along with an ability to finish his work quickly. As with other expressionist painters, his work exhibits a distinct rhythm full of emotional intensity. The impact of this emotion is communicated visually depending on the emotional drive of the painter himself. The expressionist painter characteristically has an urgency to simultaneously grab the movement of the moment he wants to describe, along with capturing the textures of the object, a drive that often leads him to work much more passionately compared to the naturalists, the realists, or even the impressionists.

Affandi was one of the Indonesian maestros. He was well-known for his typical characteristic of impressionist wild and strong lines. Affandi’s interest in humanity made him learned a lot about the anatomy of human body in the beginning of his career. He had developed his mature style of self-portraits by the early 1950s. “Self Portrait” was created using close subject of his own face. Looking at him-self was believed to be one way to communicate to the universal as well as express personal emotion. Most of his painting during the period of 1980’s has been using vivid colours like red, yellow, light green and bright blue. His former black murky tones have been replaced by a greater part of the canvas being left blank.

Affandi felt he no longer had to fill up the whole canvas, so there are many “empty” spaces in his painting.

Yet this is not because he was unable to fill the space, he realizes the quality of this emptiness and makes it a part of painting’s structure.

050 AFFANDI (Cirebon, 1907 – 1990) Self Portait Oil on canvas: 50 x 40 cm Signed, lower right: AF Provenance: Private collection, Jakarta SGD 50,000 - 80,000 USD 36,000 - 57,600

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051 UGO UNTORO (Purbalingga, 1970) Learn from the crow, 2008 Acrylic on canvas: 200 x 150 cm Signed, titled and dated, lower right: Learn from the crow, ugo.008 SGD 9,000 - 12,000 USD 6,480 - 8,640

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Born in Purbalingga, Central Java, 1970. He studied at the Indonesian Institute of Art (ISI), Yogyakarta. He held his solo exhibitions at Cemeti Ctontemporary Art Gallery, Yogyakarta (1996, 1998), Kedai Kebun Gallery, Yogyakarta (1999), Essence Art Gallery, Jakarta (2000) and Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta (2002). He participated in several group exhibitions at Purna Budaya Yogyakarta, Cemeti Contemporary Art Gallery, Yogyakarta (1997), Galeria Jangva, Helsinki, Finland (1998),T Singapore, National Gallery, Jakarta, Cemeti Art House, Bali, Queensland Art Gallery, Australia, Centrum van Beeldende Kunst, Dordrecht, The Netherlands (1999), Nadi Gallery, Jakarta (2000, 2001, 2003), etc.

052 DEDE ERI SUPRIA (Jakarta, 1956) Playing At Studio, 2014 Oil on canvas: 190 x 170 cm Signed and dated, lower right: Dede Eri Supria, 2014 This lot is accompanied with certificate of authenticity from the artist SGD 15,000 - 20,000 USD 10,800 - 14,400

Born in Jakarta, January 29, 1956. He studied at the Indonesian Fine Art Academy (ASRI) in Yogyakarta (1974).

In 1976 his name first emerged in the Indonesian Art Scene when he exhibited his works at the first Seni Rupa Baru Indonesia exhibition at the Balai Budaya, Jakarta. He has received several awards for his works, Jakarta Biennale 1981, won a Philip Morris Indonesian Art Awards in 1997 and was participated into the ASEAN Art Awards in Manila.

He has participated in many group shows as well as solo exhibitions. Dede held his solo exhibitions at Jakarta Stock Exchange (1997) and at the Art Folio Space in Singapore (2002). Today, he is considered an influential propagator of super-realist painting in Indonesia.

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Koeboe Sarawan

053 KOEBOE SARAWAN (Malang, 1961) Harmoni Keindahan, 2014 Oil on canvas: 128 x 152 cm Signed and dated, lower left: Koeboe, 2014 Signed, titled and dated on the reverse SGD 20,000 - 25,000 USD 14,400 - 18,000

Born in Malang, June 29, 1961. He graduated from Indonesian Academy of Arts in Yogyakarta in 1985. Koeboe Sarawan spent his younger years learning Batik then he started to paint. Koeboe Sarawan’s great asset is his magnificent talent to portray visual reality in detail and realistic manner.

He seriously capture the detail form but once he act humorously and critical. His works are represented in more attractive was a way with the exact choices of object. The themes revealed in his paintings were a projection of honesty that attracts viewers to learn more about the painter’s goal through his works. His works are mostly categorized as surrealistic though actually they are more realistic in symbolic way. His ideas are still dominated by his surroundings which represent his social experiences. The painting looks as if it was 3 dimensional, utilizing excellent realism techniques, so every details and perspective of the work seem very realistic.

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Hendra Gunawan

054 HENDRA GUNAWAN (Bandung, 1918 – 1983) Ternak Babi Oil on canvas: 149 x 83 cm Signed, lower right: Hendra Provenance: Private collection, Prominent collector, Jakarta SGD 160,000 - 230,000 USD 115,200 - 165,600 Hendra Gunawan painted some of his surreal, lively and emotional work during his imprisonment at Kebun Waru in Bandung from 1965 to 1978. His works captured the life of common people while also conveying a unique, expressionistic and deeply personal vision of the reality he experienced.

His paintings become highly original, modern, simple and totally Indonesian expression by observing the Java’s grand landscapes and natural history.

Hendra’s work may thus be seen as illustration of a new mythology. The stylized figures, landscapes features and the decorative approach to color are perhaps influenced by Javanese illustration of sign and symbols.

Hendra created paintings conveying his great feelings and deepest emotions for his country and people. He inspired his paintings with sympathy, compassion, and affection about common people. Hendra’s people are never passive victims of their faith; they are always depicted as active subjects. Many of his paintings depict the lives of fish seller, fruit seller, and also chicken seller. The present lot was one of the Hendra’s paintings that described the theme of the common people’s daily life. He explored their activity, capturing them movingly on canvas in his inimitable style.

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Antonio Blanco

055 ANTONIO BLANCO (Manila, 1911 – 1999) Balinese Dancer Charcoal, pastel on paper with original Bamboo frame: 53.2 x 34.4 cm Signed, lower right Provenance: Private collection, The Netherlands SGD 10,000 - 15,000 USD 7,200 - 10,800

Born in Manila, the Philippines, 1927. He studied at the Fine Arts Academy in New York, the United States.

He was later professionally based in Florida and California, and has lived in Ubud, Bali since 1952. He received awards from the Tiffany Fellowship, New York, La Cofradia de el Arros, Spain and has been honored by several international art organizations.

Blanco has spent a lifetime sketching and painting many kinds of object like the sensuous teapots, the furrowed face of an old man, self-portraits and the look of a child. Among those themes, probably the most sought after works of Blanco were paintings of bewitching and often erotic world full of women in the pastel shades of an erstwhile romantic. His painting usually framed in his own design that sometimes becomes one unity to the object of the painting. The subject, composition and the frame are all part of the artist’s expression, which he indulged with opulent extravagance.

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056 WILLEM VAN DER DOES (Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1889 – 1966) Activities in The Market Oil on board: 40 x 60 cm Signed, lower left: Van der does SGD 6,000 - 8,000 USD 4,320 - 5,760

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Born in Rotterdam, 20 April 1889. He came to Indonesia ca. 1918 as a civil servant to survey the country. In this function he traveled all over the archipelago. The artist participated in several group exhibitions in Jakarta, Medan and Surabaya between 1918 and1939. He returned to the Netherlands in 1946, where he settled in Zeist. Painter, Illustrator and draughtsman of harbor scenes, City views, and landscapes, in an accurate impressionistic style.He died in Zeist, the Netherlands, February 3, 1966.

057 ADRIEN JEAN LE MAYEUR DE MERPRES (Brussel, 1880 – 1958) Harbour of Saint Tropez Oil on board: 45 x 55 cm Signed, lower right: Le Mayeur Provenance: Anonymous sale, Christies, Amsterdam 13 March 2012, Lot 109

Born in Brussels (Belgium), on 9 February 1880, in the nobility and linked with the Belgium royal family, he was the son of a painter. Adrien was very keen on becoming a painter himself, but his father insisted that he should complete his studies first. He graduated as a civil engineer (architect), but soon after devoted himself to painting. Le Mayeur’s works were executed with free-flowing and bold, strong strokes, in bright and gay colours. His works, be they sketches done in light colours or bright-coloured oil paints, showed that they were inspired by the brilliant and clear tropical sunlight. His subjects of paintings are Belgian Landscapes, Scenes of Asia and Africa, Balinese Genre, Figures and Nudes.

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Putu Sutawijaya Putu’s works have been nominated many awards such as one of the 10 best paintings of Philip Morris Art Award in 1999 and granted the Lempad Prize from Sanggar Dewata Indonesia in 2000. He has been performing Solo exhibitions in Bali, Yogyakarta, Jakarta Singapore, Hongkong, Malaysia and America. Various motions and human behavior are the theme he likes most in his paintings. His spontaneous and firm lines expressed his dynamic works using minimal color.

Putu’s figures are painted with rhythmic motion and minimal color, and are characterized by his strong lines and brush strokes. Androgynous human figures are represented in motion – dancing, flying, floating – or otherwise completely still in a pose of serene contemplation. His art is, above all, about the individual human condition in a struggle to free itself from the constraints of an overly complex world.

058 PUTU SUTAWIJAYA (Bali, 1971) Masih Banyak Kursi Kosong, 2004 Mixed media on canvas: 140 x 200 cm Signed and dated, lower right: Putu Sutawijaya, 2004 Signed, titled and dated on the reverse Accompanied with ceritificate authenticy from the artist Literature: Jim Supangkat, Legacy of Sagacity: The Case of Putu Sutawijaya, Published by Galeri Canna, Jakarta, 2008, pg. 40-41 SGD 12,000 - 20,000 USD 8,640 - 14,400

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Widayat Born in Kutoarjo, Central Java 3 March 1919 and died in 2002. Besides a painter, Widayat was also known as the lecturer of the Indonesian Institute of Fine Arts (ISI) Yogyakarta. Since 1950-2002 he had participated in numerous painting exhibitions in Indonesia as well as abroad, such as Singapore, Thailand, Japan, Hongkong, Netherlands, Italy, America and Australia. Widayat was said as a maestro after Affandi as published in the book of “Educator and painter”

by ISI Yogyakarta 1988. He was also a revolutionary painter, master of gardening and a graphics art.

Widayat was the first artist whose exhibition was largely exposed in the Singapore Art Museum, one of the most important museums in Southeast Asia on September 2007 (held in two months). According to Prof. Soedarso Sp MA, Widayat’s artistic works can be levelled with the works of Henri Rousseau (a France surrealist artist) who has been his great orientation.

“Kera-kera di Candi Tua” was a spiritual record over Ta Prohm temple, the world largest temple complex in Ankor Wat, Cambodia. Here, Widayat described the magnificent hundred-years-old trees on the temple founded in the 13th century. This painting was one of Widayat’s best works which not merely described the decorative element but also magical elements called “Decora-Magic”. This work showed his strongest characteristic (aura) that contained the passion to decorate through the detail ornaments of the old tree bark.

Widayat’s work were often appreciated with high price in several fine arts auctions. The painting “Menonton Sepak Bola di Atas Pohon” (1981), 130 x 110 cm was sold SGD 120.000 (Sotheby’s Singapore 9 October 2008). “Topeng-topeng” (1976), 100 x 150 cm was hammered SGD 252.000 (Sotheby’s Singapore 16 April 2006). Those prices were excluded from the premium price.

Awards : Granted the Best Painter by Badan Musyawarah Kebudayaan Nasional, 1957.

The Indonesian Art Awards 1972.

The best painter in Biennale Art Awards Indonesia, 1974.

Acknowledge as the major painter in the Artist Encyclopedia published in England, 1980.

The Best ASEAN Artist, 1993.

The best painter by GATRA magazine, 11 May 1996.

Included in the book of Masterpieces of the Indonesia National Gallery published by the Ministry of Education and Culture Indonesia, 2012.

Included as the major painters in the book of “Maestro Seni Rupa Modern Indonesia”, by the Ministry of Education and Culture Indonesia, 2013.

059 WIDAYAT (Kutoarjo, 1919 – Jakarta, 2002) Kera-kera Di Candi Tua, 1997 Oil on canvas: 145 x 145 cm Signed and dated, lower right: H. Widajat97 Signed, titled and dated again on the reverse Literature: - RECENT WORKS, 1997, catalog, page 10 (illustration).

- PAMERAN WIDAJAT 80 TAHUN, 1999, catalog (illustration).

- LARAS, magazine, September 2002, page 64, “Hormat kepada Widajat”, article (illustration).

- BUKIT-BUKIT PERHATIAN, 2004, book, Agus Dermawan T, page 182 (illustration).

- LARAS, magazine, Juni 2009, page 60-61, poster (illustration).

- MAESTRO SENI RUPA MODERN INDONESIA, book, 2013, page 263 (illustration) Exhibition : - Exhibition “RECENT WORKS”, Bali Padma Hotel, Kuta, Bali, 24 December 1997 - 4 January 1998.

- Exhibition “WIDAJAT 80 TAHUN”, Museum h.Widajat, Mungkid, Borobudur, 1999.

- PAMERAN 25 KOLEKSI, Canna Gallery, Jakarta 14-21 April 2004.

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A cabinet handcrafted by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter sold for a record $1 million at the 14th annual Carter Center Winter Weekend live auction, which benefits the organization's work to advance peace and health worldwide.

Based in Atlanta, The Carter Center is a not-for-profit, nongovernmental organization founded by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, in 1982.The Center has helped to improve the lives of millions of people in more than 65 countries.

The Indonesian Gold Dagger was considered the top bid sold $ 42,500, along with other lot; $67,500 for a one week cruise aboard a private yacht, $52,500 for a Sam Maloof pedestal table, and $40,000 for a print of President Carter's painting of the Center's Japanese Garden.

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Keris 060 INDONESIAN METEORITE KRIS WITH GOLD SHEATH Magnificent Indonesian kris dagger; with typical meteorite blade of distinctive wavy form; the sheath and handle in high-carat repousse yellow gold and encrusted with numerous semiprecious cabochon stones; the sword guard in ornate ivory like material, the blade in fine meteorite steel; L: 26 ½‘’ ; with red velvet presentation box.

Provenance: gift of the President of Indonesia to President Jimmy Carter in 1999; sold at the 14th Annual Carter Center Winter Weekend Live Auction, original winning bid $ 42,500, donated by President and Mrs. Carter SGD 33,000 - 45,000 USD 23,760 - 32,400

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061 PUPUK DARU PURNOMO (Yoyakarta, 1964) Ekspresi Temple, 2013 Oil on canvas: 110 x 139 cm Signed, titled and dated, lower right: Pupuk Dp. Ekspresi Temple, YK. 2013 Signed, titled and dated on the reverse Literature: Pupuk’s Melancholy, Pbulished by Jasmine Pentta Raya, Pg. 82 SGD 12,000 - 18,000 USD 8,640 - 12,960

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062 RONALD VENTURA (Philippines, 1973) Zoomanities Series Bronze: 27 x 15 x 15 cm SGD 5,000 - 7,000 USD 3,600 - 5,040

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063 SRIHADI SOEDARSONO (Solo, 1931) Krakatau, 1984 Oil on canvas: 100 x 244 cm Signed and dated, upper right: Srihadi S.1984 Signed, titled and dated again on the reverse Provenance: Private collection, Jakarta SGD 60,000 - 90,000 USD 43,200 - 64,800

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Srihadi Sudarsono Srihadi’s works in the mid-70s centered in the search to the essence of Javanese philosophical value. During this period his excavation is more spiritual, leading to the intensive self retrospective towards the mystical union with the divine, especially especially through the understanding of the nature of the “Presence” (Ada) "sing ana, ana ora, ora sing ana, ana". The transformation of this focus is translated in the themes which rooted in style and variety. It could be visualized as portraits, horizons, puppets, mountains, Balinese temples, Borobudur, etc. The goal is to achieve a contemplative symbiosis between self and subject, as a vehicle for the unification of self and the Divine. His works are reflected in simpler and full of meditative spirit. Nonetheless to say, Srihadi’s works of the 70’s were an attempt to penetrate the inner experience of “manunggaling kawulo Gusti” the true goal of the Javanese people.

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Theo Meier Born in 1908 in Basle Switzerland, Meier, like the city in which he grew up, was fortunate to avoid the hardships of war which quickly overtook much of Europe. Following in his father's footsteps, he underwent a commercial apprenticeship. At the same time, he attended the Basle School of Art, and enjoyed late night discussions with the local painters, an experience which proved fertile to the young painter.

From Switzerland to the South Pacific, from Bali to Thailand, Theo Meier's life was as varied and exotic as his artistic output, his character as colorful as the oils with which he painted. Thailand has brought serenity to Theo Meier that made an important contribution to the artist’s welldeserved fame. His love on the island made Theo painted numerous objects of figures, landscape as well as village scene. Most of his figural works described female (nude or portrait), gentleman, and also mother and child. Theo Meier's paintings have achieved worldwide recognition for their technical excellence, and artistic integrity.

064 THEO MEIER (Switzerland, 1908 - 1982) Mother and Child Oil on canvas: 70,5 x 60 cm Signed, lower rright: Theo Meier Provenance: Private collection of NY Estate SGD 10,000 - 15,000 USD 7,200 - 10,800

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065 RUSTAMADJI (Surabaya, 1932 – 1990) Waiting for Next Performance, 1980 Oil on canvas: 100 x 70 cm Signed and dated, lower left: Rustamadji, 1980 SGD 13,000 - 16,000 USD 9,360 - 11,520

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Born in Surabaya, East Java, April 16, 1932. In 1946 he started painting under the painter S. Sudjojono in Sanggar Indonesia Muda (Young Indonesian Artists Association), Madiun. In 1950s he used naturalistic style which afterwards changed to impressionistic. He actively participated in several exhibitions in Indonesia and abroad. He lived in Surabaya and died in the year of 1990.

066 ABDUL AZIZ (Purwokerto, 1928 - Bali, 2002) Nude, 1975 Oil on canvas: 86 x 58 cm Signed and dated, upper right: Abdul Aziz, Bali.1975

Born in Purwokerto, March 27, 1928. He graduated from the Indonesian Fine Art Academy (ASRI) in 1959 then went to Italy to continue his study at Academia Di Belle Arti in Rome. He exhibited some works in Italy several times as well as in Jakarta, Yogyakarta and Bali.

Besides being a well known for his work, Aziz is a highly accomplished violinist.

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Gerard Pieter Adolfs Gerard Pieter Adolfs was born 2 January 1898 in Semarang, Central-Java. He was a Dutch East Indies painter and architect. He was already well-known as a talented advertising illustrator, when in 1924 he was first introduced to the public of Yogyakarta as a painter, water-colourist and graphic artist. Each year Adolfs travelled for a few months. He had studios in Florence, Rome, Vienna, Budapest, prag and - together with his Japanese friend Léonard Tsuguharu Fujita - in Paris and exhibited his works of art internationally (Netherlands Indies, Japan, Singapore, USA, England, Holland, Sweden, Norway, France, and Switzerland. The main subjects of his work were scenes of Java, Bali, Japan and of North Africa (market sceneries, flamboyant, cockfights, landscapes and townscapes) and also figures of native people from the place he had visited.

067 GERARD PIETER ADOLFS (Semarang, 1899 – The Netherlands, 1968) a. Flamboyant Oil on board: 30 x 40 cm Signed, lower left: Ger. P. Adolfs b. Semarang, Quartier Arabe, 1953 Oil on canvas: 30 x 40 cm Signed, lower left: Adolfs Literature: Eveline / Gianni Orsini, Gerard Pieter Adolfs “The Painter of Java on Bali, Javaan Met Haan, No. 228 Pg. 395, Published by Pictures Publishers the Netherlands 2008 SGD 32,000 - 45,000 USD 23,040 - 32,400

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Sunaryo Born in Banyumas, Central Java, 1943. He studied at Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) majoring Art Department in 1969 and continued to study marble carving for 7 months at Carrara, Italy in 1975. Sunaryo is an artist who mixes figurative themes with abstract backgrounds using very refined color palette and graceful lines that show great technical mastery. His works are dominated with lines and forms, mostly found in the use of white, brown, grey and black colors.

Awards 1994 First Prize winner in “The Philip Morris Group of Companies Indonesian Art Awards 1994 ” Painting Competition, held by Indonesian Art Foundation. The artwork have also been selected as one of the Best Five Paintings.

1995 Selected as “Honourable Mention” in “The Phillip Morris Group of Companies Asean Art Awards 1995” Painting Competition.

1996 Selected as one of the Best Ten Paintings in “The Phillip Morris Group of Companies Asean Art Awards 1996” Painting Competition.

1998 Honorable mention from Indonesian Minister of Tourism and Culture for enhancing Indonesian paintings creativity.

2001 Nominated in 2001 Ancol Landmark Competition.

068 SUNARYO (Banyumas, 1943) Jelang Persembahan,2 (Toward Dedication,2) , 2011 Charcoal and acrylic on canvas: 150 x 200 cm Signed and dated, lower right: Sunaryo11 Accompanied with photo of the artist with the painting SGD 90,000 - 120,000 USD 64,800 - 86,400

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Agus Suwage Born in Purworejo, 1959. He studied at Bandung Institute of Technology (1979 – 1986), Artist in Residence in QUT, Brisbane, Australia (199a6), and Artist in Residence in “Sai-no-kuni” Saitama, the Museum of Modern Art, Japan (1999 – 2000). He performed his solo exhibitions in H Block Gallery, QUT, Brisbane, Australia (1996), Cemeti Contemporary Art Gallery, Yogyakarta (1998), Gen Gallery & Public Center Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan (2000), and Nadi Gallery, Jakarta (2001, 2002). He joined several group exhibitions in Indonesia and overseas, Jakarta Art and Design Expo, Jakarta (1992), Art Gallery Conink, the Netherlands (1993), Cheju Pre-Biennale, South Korea (1995), Phillip Morris ASEAN Art Award, National Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand (1996), Tachikawa International Art Festival (1999), Museo de la Cuida de Mexico, Museum of Mexico (2000), Circle Point Gallery, Washington DC, USA (2002), etc.

Agus Suwage is first and foremost a graphic designer who has had 10-years experience with commercial art before he ventured into his current profession as an artist. In mid 1995, he borrowed the artistic mode of the German Anselm Keifer and the British Francis Bacon. Later, he tried to develop his own style starting to study with his own body and face in various poses and expression in realistic rendering as his means to convey socio-cultural issues in cynical, ironical and parody atmospheres. Suwage’s artistic explorations have as the basic photographic images that he develops with his sensitiveness and manual skills in drawing, adding support from digital manipulation, to produce images. His works illustrate how the constructed image of Western avant-garde art has been inspirational, through “museum without walls”, to the culture of the world’s modern art. Suwage’s mode of appropriation is by borrowing iconic imageries as his reference, to serve the metaphors for values actively working between love and hate, amazement and derision at once, in parodying, and so on.

069 AGUS SUWAGE (Purworejo, 1959) Merayakan Seni Kontemporer I, 2003 Acrylic on canvas: 150 x 140 cm Signed and dated, lower right: Agus Suwage, 2003 Provenance: Anonymous sale, Christies, Hongkong 25 November 2012 SGD 25,000 - 40,000 USD 18,000 - 28,800

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070 ARIE SMIT (Zaandam, the Netherlands, 1916) A Village In The Hill, 2005 Acrylic on canvas: 40 x 90 cm Signed and dated lower right: Arie Smit, 2005 Signed, titled and dated on the reverse This lot is accompanied with certificate of authenticity from artist SGD 15,000 - 20,000 USD 10,800 - 14,400

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Arie Smit Arie Smit is an artist who loves natural beauty and Balinese culture in the form of imaginative painting, painting that express the pure soul of an adventurer, a natural devotee of tropical sunlight. Arie Smit’s painting show breath-taking landscapes, relaxing youths, colorful tropical gardens, glittering seascapes, and quiet temples that evoke a sense of wander.

Hindu temples and shrines are integral to Bali life and as such are a common theme in Smit’s work. It is typical of his work as it depicts community life in rural Bali, his most favoured subject matter. Arie Smit (born Adrianus Wilhelmus Smit in 1916) a Dutch-born Indonesian painter has been captured with Bali ever since his arrival in 1956.

Smit celebrates the tropical beauty and wonder with presenting the essence of light filtering through the tropical plants, leaves and trees. The use of colour is sophisticated. Red is mixed with purples, oranges, blues and yellow to suggest a temple basking in the sun’s glow. The vibrant colour combination exudes vitality and exuberance yet the mood imbued is peaceful and harmonious.

Arie Smit is best known for his paintings of fertile rice fields, vast valley and mountain ranges, temple courtyards and monumental gateways, and festive temple processions of Bali. Arie’s landscapes often go beyond the scenes of nature. Landscape, Hills and Trees is not a mere rendition of the rolling green terrain of the valley.

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Heri Dono It is already widely known how Heri Dono works with various visual resources and methods known in the realm of popular culture – coming from both foreign and local cultural institutions – ranging from comics, animation film, wayang puppetry, and through various skills in material processing, craft, performing art, also popular music – he works on and presents in his various art works.

Many people see that Heri Dono’s painting has eventually come to the phase of “just repeating things”. Perhaps such judgment comes because people do not try to know and comprehend the central idea that provides the main energy driving Heri Dono to keep painting. The central idea is easily identifiable from Heri Dono’s own remark on “why he paints” or “what painting means” to him as an artist. His painting is like a journal on various issues. Being a journal, a diary, it may concern anything. But everything there is personal in nature. The way he paints, technically speaking, as well as his language of expression, maintain his characteristic hitherto known: Heri Dono’s “handwriting” and “idiolect”. The figures and beings filling the field of his canvas keep on traversing, somersaulting, their round eyes popping, mouths grinning or laughing or unclosed or opening widely to show protruding lines of teeth or canines. Those figures and various beings seem so familiar with violence.

They are often present with weapons inserted here and there on their bodies. This is coupled with organs, or parts of the body, that can extend to reach and grab anything with pointed claws, or spurred heels.

Awards: 2002 2nd Annual Enku Grand Awards, Gifu Prefectural Government, Japan 2000 Unesco Prize for the International Art Biennale, Shanghai, China

071 HERI DONO (Jakarta, 1960) Going to the Mother Nature, 2010 Acrylic on canvas: 150 x 200 cm Signed and dated, lower right: Heri Dono 2010 Signed, titled, and dated, on the reverse SGD 25,000 - 35,000 USD 18,000 - 25,200

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072 TING XIAO GU Pasar Opera, 2006 Oil on canvas : 150 x 230 cm Signed and dated, lower right: Ting Xiao Gu, 2006 SGD 25,000 - 35,000 USD 18,000 - 25,200

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Index Of Artist Abdul Aziz

66

Koeboe Sarawan

53

Abdul Djalil (Ad) Pirous

22

Lee Man Fong

10, 14

Adrien Le Mayeur

57

Lita Cabellut

20

Affandi

25, 50

Lucien Frits Ohl

26

Agung Mangu Putra

40

M. Irfan

9

Agus Suwage

69

Mochtar Apin

24

Ahmad Sadali

16

Nasirun

21, 37

Alimin Tamin

41

Ong Kim Seng

12

Andre Brasilier

38

Popo Iskandar

42

Antonio Blanco

55

Pupuk Daru Purnomo

61

Ardison

34

Putu Sutawijaya

31, 58

Arie Smit

1, 15, 70

Ronald Ventura

62

Awang Damit

47

Rusli

46

Basoeki Abdullah

48

Rustamadji

65

Budi Ubrux

18

S. Sudjojono

19

Chen Wen Hsi

8, 43

Samsul Arifin

28

Cheong Soo Pieng

29

Siew Hock Meng

23

Cucu Ruchyat

33

Soedibio

7

Dadang Cristanto

32

Srihadi Soedarsono

35, 44, 63

Dede Eri Supria

52

Sudarso

36

Dullah

11

Sudjana Kerton

39

Entang Wiharso

27

Sunaryo

68

Gerard Pieter Adolfs

2, 67

Suparto

17

Han Snel

4

Teguh Ostenrik

13

Hendra Gunawan

3, 54

Theo Meier

5, 64

Heri Dono

71

Ting Xiao Gu

72

Irsam

6

Trubus Sudarsono

30

Jean-Pierre Roc-Roussey

45

Ugo Untoro

51

Jumaldi Alfi

49

Widayat

59

Keris

60

Willem Van Der Does

56

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