067
b. Penang, 1930 - d. 2010
Tan Choon Ghee
Amsterdam, Boats
1999
signed and dated ‘CHOON GHEE 1999’ (bottom right)
watercolour on paper
28 x 37cm
Provenance
Collection of The Art Gallery, Penang; acquired directly from artist.
Estimate
RM 5,000 – 8,000
Price Realised
RM 7,700
EXHIBITED
Kuala Lumpur, Art Salon @ SENI, A Tribute to Tan Choon Ghee, November - December 2009, illustrated in catalogue p. 29.
This was done during the artist’s final trip to Amsterdam in 1999, the last of a few trips he took under special invitation by KLM to paint Dutch sceneries. Here in this Amsterdam harbour, the barge docked at the side is at rest, while a small fleet of boats is moored a little further away. The accentuation on the water’s edge further reinforce the lazy idling mood.
