Sale 2702
Hong Kong
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24 May 2009
Price realised
HKD 75,000
Estimate
GERARD PIETER ADOLFS (Indonesia 1897-The Netherlands 1968) Ochtendzon - Aan de rivierkant, Batavia (Morning sun - at the riverside, Batavia) signed 'Ger. P. Adolfs' (lower right); inscribed with title, numbered and with artist's label '17' (on the reverse) oil on canvas 23 5/8 x 30½ in. (60 x 80 cm.)
Provenance
A private Dutch collection since 1938.
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Literature
Eveline Borntraeger-Stoll and Gianni Orsini, Gerald Pieter Adolfs 1898-1968 - The Painter of Java and Bali, Wijk een Aalburg 2008, p. 185 (illustrated in color)
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