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b. Penang, 1930 - d. 2010
Tan Choon Ghee
Piazza S. Marco
1960
signed ‘Tan 1960 Piazza S. Marco’ top right
watercolour on paper
44 x 29cm
Provenance
Private collection, Penang.
Estimate
RM 3,000 – 5,000
Price Realised
RM 7,700
LITERATURE
The Art of Tan Choon Ghee (Cover essay by Ooi Kok Chuen, Georgetown Printers, 1997)
Tan Choon Ghee Retrospetive (1957-1992). The Art Gallery Penang
A Tribute to Tan Choon Ghee (2009). Exhibition: Art Salon@SENI, KL November 15-December 20, 2009
Tan Choon Ghee is the master of the “decisive moment” capturing lively activities of people and places with uncanny flourish. Piazza S. Marco was done during an exchange programme awarded by the German Government in 1959-60, when he visited Venice and Amsterdam. In 1960, he was also teaching at the Peng Hwa High School, now the Penang Chinese Girls High School.
