Lot 383
  • 383

WILLEM GERARD HOFKER | Portrait of a Balinese Beauty

Estimate
240,000 - 380,000 HKD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Willem Gerard Hofker
  • Portrait of a Balinese Beauty
  • Signed, inscribed and dated 1938
  • Oil on canvas
  • 40 by 31 cm; 15 3/4  by 12 1/4  in.

Provenance

Christie's Singapore, 26 March 1995, Lot 514
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
Private Collection, Singapore

Condition

This work is in good overall condition as viewed. There are signs of very light cracking to the pigment at areas of thicker impasto. Examination under ultraviolet light reveals no sign of restoration as viewed. Framed.
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