Lot 91
TAY BAK KOI (SINGAPOREAN, 1939-2005)
BY THE STREAM
Auction: 16 May 2018 at 17:00 BST
£1,750
Description
watercolour on paper, signed 'Bak Koi', framed and glazed
Dimensions
45cm high, 45.5cm wide (sight)
Footnote
Provenance:
Private Edinburgh collection; purchased directly from the artist in 1991 whilst the present owner was working in Singapore.
Note:
Tay Bak Koi is one of Singapore's most celebrated painters of pastoral and rural landscapes. He is best known for his idyllic depictions of Southeast Asian kampongs (villages) with cottages, rocky outcrops, water buffaloes and children by the river at dusk or dawn. His meditative paintings convey an overall effect of tranquillity and serenity, and often evoke a moving sense of nostalgia.