Before Departure
Details
LEE MAN FONG (1913-1988)
Before Departure
signed in Chinese (lower left); signed and dated 'M. F. Lee 1940' (lower right); dated '1936', dated again and inscribed indistinctly in Chinese (on the reverse)
oil on canvas laid on board
64 x 76 cm. (25 1/4 x 29 7/8 in.)
Painted circa 1936-1940
Before Departure
signed in Chinese (lower left); signed and dated 'M. F. Lee 1940' (lower right); dated '1936', dated again and inscribed indistinctly in Chinese (on the reverse)
oil on canvas laid on board
64 x 76 cm. (25 1/4 x 29 7/8 in.)
Painted circa 1936-1940
Provenance
Private Collection, Amsterdam
Acquired from the above by the previous owner
Private Collection, Asia (acquired from the above by the present owner)
Acquired from the above by the previous owner
Private Collection, Asia (acquired from the above by the present owner)
Literature
Ly Singko, Hiap Seng Press, Lee Man Fong, Singapore (illustrated, p. 21).
K.C. Low and Ho Kung-Shang (ed.), Art Book Co. Ltd., The Oil Paintings of Lee Man Fong: The Pioneer Artist of Indonesia and Singapore, Taipei, 2014 (illustrated, plate WB33, p. 91.; second edition).
K.C. Low and Ho Kung-Shang (ed.), Art Book Co. Ltd., The Oil Paintings of Lee Man Fong: The Pioneer Artist of Indonesia and Singapore, Taipei, 2014 (illustrated, plate WB33, p. 91.; second edition).
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