Live Auction 16892Modern and Contemporary Art Day Sale
HENDRA GUNAWAN (1918 - 1983)
Lot 268 PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED ASIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION

HENDRA GUNAWAN (1918 - 1983)

Mencari Kutu (Picking Lice)

Closed11 July 2020

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HKD 1,875,000

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HENDRA GUNAWAN (1918 - 1983)
Mencari Kutu (Picking Lice)
signed ‘Hendra’ (lower right)
oil on canvas
94 x 131 cm. (37 x 51 5/8 in.)

Acquired directly from the family of the artist by Mr Stan Rainsborough
Acquired from the above collection and thence by descent to the previous owner
Anon. Sale, Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 May 2006, Lot 127
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Specialist note

“Hendra's women are types, not clearly distinguishable individuals, and many interpretations of their roles and meanings are possible. At the most basic level, they are nourishing, nursing, mothering beauties, voluptuous and undulating bodies wrapped in brightly coloured cloth.”- Astri Wright