Lot 033
Khalil Ibrahim
b. Kelantan, 1934 – d. Selangor, 2018
Untitled, 1989
signed and dated
‘Khalil Ibrahim 89’ (lower right)
watercolour on paper
55 x 75cm
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Kuala Lumpur
ESTIMATE RM 13,000 – 23,000
PRICE REALISED RM 16,800.00 |
While it is not uncommon for Khalil Ibrahim to venture the same subject in different media, like his heroic fishermen figures though the approach and treatment were different say in a watercolour and a batik, this is rare in that Khalil is trying his fragmented forms in watercolour on paper. His acrylic versions have stronger colours, are more sinuous with slivers of strips. It simulates movements though of a less certain direction, the shades are more pastel though not necessarily in complementary complexion. It looks more like a pesta (festival) with the figures and objects seen as if fragmentary through the use of different colours like dismemberment tools.
Khalil Ibrahim was awarded a Pahang State scholarship to study for his National Diploma of Design in Fine Arts at St Martin’s School of Art and Design in London, 1963, postgraduate 1965. On his return in September 1966, he decided to become a fulltime artist. In his double solo at the Samat Art Gallery in 1970, he exhibited his batiks and his London works. Khalil was a co- founder of the Malaysian Watercolour Society. |