Lot 020
Yusoff Sulaiman
Untitled
signed (lower right)
oil on canvas mounted on board
38 x 60cm
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Kuala Lumpur
ESTIMATE RM 2,000 – 3,500
PRICE REALISED RM 2,464.00
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This work details an old sampan boat that had seen better times, with only the flat bottom spine-board and a few hull ribs on both sides. It has been left in the river, but obviously, the wood is tough, able to withstand heat and rain, and the river’s attrition. It is also a testament to the boat-builder’s skills. Left as it is, in its defiant state of decay, it could be Nature’s sculpture, or an installation even, a mock boat game for little kampung children (though they need to watch out for the lazy resting snakes), and a makeshift bridge to get across to the other bank. |