Basoeki abdullah biography of albert

  • Raden Basoeki Abdullah became famous in Indonesia as a portraitist.
  • Raden Basoeki Abdullah (Indonesian, 1915-1993).
  • Raden Basoeki Abdullah (Indonesian, 1915-1993) 'Javanese Girl' indistinctly signed (lower left), oil on canvas 120 x 80cm (47 1/4 x 31 1/2in).

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    Raden Basoeki Abdullah

    Portrait of an Indonesian girl

    Found at Bonhams, London
    Travel & Exploration, Lot 34
    14. Sep - 14. Sep 2021
    Estimate: 1.500 - 2.000 GBP
    Price realised: 2.550 GBP
    Raden Basoeki Abdullah (Indonesian, 1915-1993)
    Portrait of an Indonesian girl
    signed 'BASOEKI/ABDULLAH' (lower left)
    oil on canvas
    75.5 x 50.8cm (29 3/4 x 20in).
    Purchased directly from the artist by the current owner's father who was based in Indonesia at the time, and thence by descent.

    Upper estimate price exceeded by 28 %.

    The work Portrait of an Indonesian girl bygd Basoeki Abdullah was auctioned at Bonhams in London in September 2021. It achieved a price of GBP 2,550.00 (€ 2,966.96), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 28%. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Basoeki Abdullah achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached bygd the work Gunung Salak (Mountain Salak) in
  • basoeki abdullah biography of albert

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    Beschreibung:

    A doggie (2) signed ‘Basoeki Abdullah’ (respectively lower right and lower left), titled respectively ''Oe oe joe, 20 koekjes!' and '‘Gefeliciteerd vrouwtje, mooie leeftijd he’ (lower centre). ' charcoal, brown chalk, heightened in white, on paper (2), 46,5x29 cm Provenance: -Collection of the late Mrs. Maya Basoeki Abdullah-Michel (1926-2019), former wife of the artist Basoeki Abdullah. It is presumed that these drawings date from 1946 as it marks the 20th birthday of Maya who was born in 1926. Maya Basoeki (artist's name Maya Bazuky) was born Maria Johanna Michel on 15 July 1926 in The Hague and died on 28 February 2019 in that city. On 11th March, 1948 the wedding of Basoeki Abdullah and Maria Johanna Michel was held in the Perkoempoelan Islam society house in The Hague, in true Indonesian Islamic style. It wasn’t until 7th April, 1952 that the marriage was considered to have legally taken place in Jakarta, only to be dissolved on 28th July 1959 in the presence of

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    Raden Basoeki Abdullah (Indonesian, 1915-1993)

    Two women walking beneath a flamboyant
    signed 'BASOEKI/ABDULLAH' (lower left)
    oil on canvas
    80 x 120cm (31 1/2 x 47 1/4in).

    Footnotes

    Provenance
    Purchased directly from the artist by the current owner's father who was based in Indonesia at the time, and thence by descent.

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