Lot 340
  • 340

Cheong Soo Pieng

Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 HKD
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Description

  • Cheong Soo Pieng
  • Padi Planting Malaysia
  • Signed in English and Chinese, stamped with a seal of the artist and dated 65
  • Ink and color on paper

Condition

The work is in overall good condition. There is minor signs of wear around the edges, but the paper is free of foxing and creases. Framed, under plexi-glass.
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Catalogue Note

[The paintings are filled with] iconic features that reflect not simply what he saw, but the spirit of who they are within the indigenous communities, outside of the cosmopolitan environment.

- Soo Pieng, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore, 2013, p.130