Lot 469
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CHEN WEN HSI, SINGAPOREAN (1906-1991)
BOAT QUAY
Auction: 30 November 2015 at 10:00 GMT
£8,125
Description
pastel on board, swiftly executed in vibrant colours, depicting a Southeast Asian boat quay, the pictorial composition dominated by bamboo docking poles rising out from the water, a fishing boat sailing in, a woman spreading a fishing net that echoes the warm orange and yellow colours of the sky, signed CHEN WEN HSI in pinyin (lower right), framed and glazed
Dimensions
26cm high, 36cm wide (excluding frame)
Footnote
Provenance:
Acquired by Dr Iain Glen (1930-2013) in 1955-1956. Thence by descent.
