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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jul 29, 2022 | 33 Auction | Jakarta | Modern and Contemporary Art Online & Live Auction | 19 | $****** - ****** | Excellent | My Story - My Life |
paintings
140 x 89 cm (55.12 x 35.04 in)
oil on canvas
signed and dated 80 lower left
1. Previously in the collection of prominent art collector Mr Sunaryo Umar Sidik. Accompanied with 2 photographs of the painting with the artist and the collectors. 2.This work will be included in the artist;s forthcoming catalogue raisonne written by Agus Dermawan T. and Siont Teja
A work of unimpeachable provenance, My Story - My Life, has been documented in various photographs with the artist himself. One of the numerous self-portraits of the 70s and early 80s, this painting was executed two years after his 13 long years of incarceration as a political prisoner at the Bandung Correctional Facility. His involvement with LEKRA (Institute for People"s Culture) was the main reason for his imprisonment, as LEKRA subsequently became an unfortunate extension of the PKI (Indonesian Communist Party) as a political outreach for conveying a particular ideology. Formed in 1950, LEKRA was an art and culture body that started out as a nationalistic association in response to Dutch colonialism. Notwithstanding his political involvement, Hendra had a reputation for altruism and concern for the disfranchised and powerless. As such, his involvement with LEKRA could be for artistic and humanitarian reasons.
ARTIST: HENDRA GUNAWAN (1918-1983, Indonesian)
TITLE: My Story - My Life
DESCRIPTION: 140 x 89 cm
oil on canvas
signed and dated 80 lower left
