Lot 062
RAMLI MALEK
b. Pahang, 1943 - d. 1982
UNTITLED, undated
Signed ‘RAMLI MALEK’ (lower right)
Oil on board
38cm x 52cm
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Kuala Lumpur.
ESTIMATE RM 3,000 - 6,000
PRICE REALISED RM 3,360.00
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Ramli Malek would have been a great batik artist with an impressive body of works had he not died in a drowning accident when he tried to save his cousin. It was during a fishing trip off Teluk Bain in Cherating, near Club Mediteranee, on September 17, 1982. He was said to be skilled in hand-painting and block-painting.
In this monochromatic oil on canvas, Ramli showed off another aspect of his skills, playing on the mirror image of an alcove complete with what looked like a waterfall. Few knew him or how good he was, although he was then (1970) concentrating more on the commercial production of batik in his factory in Kampung Tanah Putih, just outside Kuantan, Pahang.
Ramli graduated from the Bradford College of Art in Britain 1964, in Fabric Design, and had a solo in Manchester. He had a three-year practical at the Mara Handicraft Centre in Terengganu before he set up his factory. |
