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b. Indonesia, 1924 – d. 1995
Mohd. Hoessein Enas, Dato’
Kedah Maiden
1993
signed and dated ‘Hoessein enas ‘93’ (bottom left)
pastel on paper
48 x 32cm
Provenance
Private collection, Penang; acquired from The Art Gallery, Penang.
Estimate
RM 20,000 – 28,000
Price Realised
RM 38,500
LITERATURE
Dr. Tan Chee Khuan, The Life and Art of Dato’ M. Hoessein Enas, The Art Gallery, Penang, 1999, illustrated p. 88.
Perhaps more so than his commissioned portraits of the rich and famous, Hoessein Enas found great relish in painting portraits of ordinary people, mainly Malay women, with rustic charm, innocence and sometimes portrayed in their work-clothes. Here, the Kedah beauty is pictured with a farm head-dress. Pastels, one of Enas’ favourite mediums, allowed him for the quick, unerring strokes and the smoothness of forms consistent with his métier.
