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A Cockfight
Details
I Wiri (Sanur, active 1930s)
A Cockfight
Executed in, or before April 1937
Wash technique on paper.
25 x 32 cm.
The Collection Bateson & Mead, Princeton University, New Jersey, records another cockfight by I Wiri, inv. no. S-951, and a work by I Wiri (S-950). The Pusat Dokumentasi, Denpasar, also records a work by I Wiri. It is assumed that I Wiri and I Wira is one and the same artist. Another work by I Wiri is in the Leo Haks Collection, inv. no. H&M 138). The artist was a member of the Pita Maha artist's association. Inscribed with the artist's name in Balinese on the reverse, possibly by Kaler.
A Cockfight
Executed in, or before April 1937
Wash technique on paper.
25 x 32 cm.
The Collection Bateson & Mead, Princeton University, New Jersey, records another cockfight by I Wiri, inv. no. S-951, and a work by I Wiri (S-950). The Pusat Dokumentasi, Denpasar, also records a work by I Wiri. It is assumed that I Wiri and I Wira is one and the same artist. Another work by I Wiri is in the Leo Haks Collection, inv. no. H&M 138). The artist was a member of the Pita Maha artist's association. Inscribed with the artist's name in Balinese on the reverse, possibly by Kaler.
Provenance
Collection Bateson & Mead, Princeton University, New Jersey (on loan), inv. no. S-951, purchased 16 April 1937.