048
b. Kedah, 1925 - d. 1977
A.B. Ibrahim
Kampung Scene
undated
signed ‘A.B. Ibrahim’ bottom left
watercolour on paper
35.5 x 26.5cm
Provenance
Private collection, Penang; acquired through The Art Gallery, Penang. Private collection, Penang; acquired directly from artist’s family.
Estimate
RM 3,000 – 4,000
Price Realised
RM 4,840
Ibrahim Abu Bakar or better known as A.B. Ibrahim was a prodigious self-taught watercolour artist who used simple strokes. Because of this, fakes of his works surfaced from the 1970s although this work was sourced directly from the family by a private collector in Penang. This work with fine outlines is typical of the artist’s style and his favourite subject of seaside kampung vistas.
