069

b. Penang, 1930 - d. 2010
Tan Choon Ghee
Seaside
1962
signed and dated ‘TAN, 1962’ (bottom right)
watercolour on paper
29 x 39cm
Provenance
Private collection, Penang.
Estimate
RM 4,000 – 7,000
Price Realised
RM 5,060

Here is a sketch by the late artist, with two shadowy figures and at least a dozen of colours at play. The composition is anchored by two stanchions, one on the left where two coconut trees ‘fused’ together and the other on the right where the jetty’s stilt poles stood. This work is accompanied by a special note of authentication from the artist dated 20.2.2008, as Choon Ghee only signed a few of his works in the early years with the unusual monosyllabic signature, ‘TAN’.