Lot 649
  • 649

Srihadi Sudarsono

Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 HKD
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Description

  • Srihadi Sudarsono
  • Pemandangan Alam, Mediterranean (Landscape, Mediterranean)
  • SIGNED AND DATED 1977 UPPER RIGHT; SIGNED AND DATED 1977 ON THE REVERSE

  • OIL ON CANVAS

  • 120 BY 100 CM.; 47 1/4 BY 39 1/4 IN.

Provenance

Private Collection, France (acquired at the artist's solo exhibition in 1978)

Exhibited

Jakarta, Taman Ismail Marzuki, Pameran Lukisan Srihadi, November 15-26, 1978

Condition

This work is in good condition overall. There is a soft craquelure on the thick layers of white paint, on the lower middle of the piece. There are indications of dripped white media accretion, on the middle right margin, the bottom register and the upper left quadrant. Examination under ultraviolet light reveals no apparent restoration. The painterly texture and impasto are more beautifully expressed in reality. Framed.
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Catalogue Note

"What you see in my painting is not a physical impression but rather a manifestation of the spiritual essence of the subject." SRIHADI SUDARSONO CITED IN JEAN COTEAU, Srihadi Soedarsono The Path of the Soul: A Retrospective of the Artist's Career, LONTAR FOUNDATION, INDONESIA, 2003, P. 73