Anak Agung Gede Meregeg
A Cowherd Asleep
Estimate: 15.000 - 20.000 SGD
Price realised: 18.800 SGD
Price realised: 18.800 SGD
Description
Anak Agung Gede Meregeg (Padangtegal, 1912-2000)
A Cowherd Asleep
Executed circa 1933
Wash technique on paper, pencil framing lines, framed and glazed.
61 x 47 cm.
Before 1934/35 the artist was also known as I Dewa Gede Meregeg. He was a member of the Pita Maha artists' association and, together with his cousin Anak Agung Gede Sobrat, can be considered as among the main representatives of the Ubud delegation. According to Bonnet, in his renowned article from 1936, in 'Beeldende kunst in Gianjar', Djawa, vol. XVI, the renewal of Balinese art started in Ubud with Walter Spies commissioning paintings from the cousins on wooden panel in 1931/32 (e.g.: Sobrat: Bali Life sold in these rooms 6 October 1996, lot 354 and Meregeg: Rama, Sita and Lahksma, sold in these rooms 28 September 1997, lot 737). The present compares to almost the identical composition by the same artist dating around 1933, now kept in the Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden, The Netherlands (slightly smaller in width). The version in Leiden served as the front cover illustration for a catalogue of an exhibition of Balinese art, which is to date considered a key document in this fie
Inscribed on the reverse with the name of a previous owner: 'A. A. Ross'.
See also the List of Exhibitions in this catalogue.
A Cowherd Asleep
Executed circa 1933
Wash technique on paper, pencil framing lines, framed and glazed.
61 x 47 cm.
Before 1934/35 the artist was also known as I Dewa Gede Meregeg. He was a member of the Pita Maha artists' association and, together with his cousin Anak Agung Gede Sobrat, can be considered as among the main representatives of the Ubud delegation. According to Bonnet, in his renowned article from 1936, in 'Beeldende kunst in Gianjar', Djawa, vol. XVI, the renewal of Balinese art started in Ubud with Walter Spies commissioning paintings from the cousins on wooden panel in 1931/32 (e.g.: Sobrat: Bali Life sold in these rooms 6 October 1996, lot 354 and Meregeg: Rama, Sita and Lahksma, sold in these rooms 28 September 1997, lot 737). The present compares to almost the identical composition by the same artist dating around 1933, now kept in the Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden, The Netherlands (slightly smaller in width). The version in Leiden served as the front cover illustration for a catalogue of an exhibition of Balinese art, which is to date considered a key document in this fie
Inscribed on the reverse with the name of a previous owner: 'A. A. Ross'.
See also the List of Exhibitions in this catalogue.
A top price for Anak Agung Gede Meregeg - as previously expected
In September 2001 Christies in Singapore held the auction PRE-WAR BALINESE MODERNISTS: 1928-1942, which included the work A Cowherd Asleep by Anak Agung Gede Meregeg. It changed hands for a price of SGD 18,800.00 (€ 11,692.41) achieving a result in the upper range of the estimate price range of SGD 15,000.00 – 20,000.00. Even if this result could not surprise positively, A Cowherd Asleep is the most expensive artwork by Anak Agung Gede Meregeg that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Im September 2001 führte Christies in Singapur die Auktion PRE-WAR BALINESE MODERNISTS: 1928-1942 durch, in der auch die Arbeit A Cowherd Asleep von Anak Agung Gede Meregeg zur Versteigerung kam. Dabei wechselte sie für einen Preis von SGD 18.800,00 (€ 11.692,41) den Besitzer und erzielte damit ein Ergebnis im oberen Bereich der Schätzpreisspanne von SGD 15.000,00 – 20.000,00. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist A Cowherd Asleep das teuerste Kunstwerk von Anak Agung Gede Meregeg, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Anak Agung Gede Meregeg - Auction history
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