Convergences: A Special Sale of Singapore Art - Christie's Hong Kong

To mark the golden jubilee of Singapore’s national independence, this carefully curated sale will feature a selection of more than 40 outstanding works by some of the most renowned modern and contemporary Singapore artists. This is the first time that an international auction house dedicates an individual sale to Singapore art, a category which has been increasingly attracting international collectors in recent years.

The top lot of the sale is Balinese Dance, one of Cheong Soo Pieng’s masterpieces and an impressive example of the artist’s early oil paintings. To be offered for the first time at auction, this work was created during the years following his famous 1952 trip to Bali, which marked a turning point in Singapore modern art. Depicting a supremely dramatic moment in a ritual performance featuring what locals call the Leak- an iconic mythological figure in Balinese folklore, this is one of the largest works executed by Cheong Soo Pieng in the early 1950s.

Softcover

Book condition: Very Good. Covers have light general wear plus soft crease to front. Pages have associated soft crease to upper and bottom right corner. Minor dust stain to bottom and right edge of page-block. Internally very clean

Dust Jacket condition: No Jacket as issued

Dimensions: 21 x 27 cm

Print length: 130 Pages

Language: English

Publication date: 2015

Publisher: Christie’s Hong Kong