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Lot Essay
"The portrait of an extraordinary man at an extraordinary time in an extraordinary place" (Hans Rhodius and John Darling, Walter Spies and Balinese art5i, Terra, Zutphen, 1980, p. 1). The phrase is an apt summary of the talented artist, Walter Spies, who lived and worked in Bali from 1927 to 1940, and who made his mark on Balinese culture and our understanding of it in a multitude of different ways.
The present work demonstrates a skilled and refined draughtsmanship which is the basis to the artist's lyrical and magical oil works.
The present work demonstrates a skilled and refined draughtsmanship which is the basis to the artist's lyrical and magical oil works.