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Malaysian & Southeast Asian Art August 2020
LOT 023
Wong Kean Choon — Freely
Wong Kean Choon
b. 1942
Freely, 2004
Estimate
RM 4,000 – RM 8,000
Realised price
RM 4,480
Details
- Signed and dated, with one seal of the artist (lower right)
- Watercolour on paper
- 54 x 74cm
Sale
Aug 23, 2020
1:00 PM GMT+8
Galeri Prima, Kuala Lumpur
Buyer's Premium 12%
Provenance
- Private collection, Selangor
Description
Graceful is one word to describe this piece. The fishes are painted delicately, look effortlessly stunning, swimming together in the clear water. The transparency, delicacy, and details demonstrate the artist’s impeccable skill. Wong Kean Choon graduated from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore in 1965. He has won several awards, including the Second Prize Winner of Art Competition held in conjunction with celebration of Ipoh City Status (1988), and one of the three Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Alumnus Malaysia Exhibition Creative Award (1989).
