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Malaysian Modern and Contemporary Art Collection
LOT 033
Tan Choon Ghee — KL Railway Station
Tan Choon Ghee
b. 1930 – 2010
KL Railway Station, 1987
Estimate
RM 7,000 – RM 10,000
Realised price
RM 14,850
Details
- Signed ‘Choon Ghee 1987’ bottom left
- Watercolour on paper
- 54.5cm x 37cm
Sale
Aug 8, 2010
3:30 PM GMT+8
Wisma Bentley Music, Kuala Lumpur
Buyer's Premium 10%
Illustrated
- Tan Choon Ghee Retrospective (1957-1992). The Art Gallery, Penang
Provenance
- Private collection, Penang
- Acquired directly from the artist
Literature
- The Art of Tan Choon Ghee (Cover essay by Ooi Kok Chuen, Georgetown Printers, 1997)
- A Tribute to Tan Choon Ghee (2009). Exhibition: Art Salon@SENI, KL November 15-December 20, 2009
Description
The Kuala Lumpur Railway Station, built in 1910, is an eclectic combination of Moorish, Mughal, Indo-Saracenic/Neo-Saracenic features. It was once a major inter-city transport hub and was connected to places as far as Singapore and Thailand. The bustle shown in this work is no more as most of its operations have been decommissioned and taken over by KL Sentral in 2001. Tan Choon Ghee’s sound draughtsmanship and his usual attention to details are apparent in this painting.
