ID 1093294
Lot 8 | GEORGETTE CHEN (1906-1993)
Estimate value
HKD 4 500 000 – 6 800 000
Salted Fish and Wine Jar
signed ‘CHEN’ (upper right); numbered ‘15’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
65.3 x 54.1 cm. (25 3⁄4 x 21 1⁄4 in.)
Painted circa 1940-1945
Provenance
Private collection, Singapore (acquired directly from the artist)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Ministry of Community Development & National Museum, Pioneer Artists of Singapore Georgette Chen Retrospective 1985, exh. cat., Ministry of Community Development & National Museum, Singapore, 1985 (illustrated, no. 33, unpaged).
National Art Gallery, GEORGETTE CHEN, exh. cat., National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, 1986 (illustrated, unpaged).
Exhibited
Singapore, National Museum Art Gallery, Georgette Chen Retrospective 1985, November 1985.
Kuala Lumpur, National Art Gallery, GEORGETTE CHEN, July – August 1986.
| Artist: | Georgette Chen (1906-1993) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | South-Eastern Asia, Asia, Singapore |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Georgette Chen (1906-1993) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | South-Eastern Asia, Asia, Singapore |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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