Lot 22
SEAH KIM JOO
B. Singapore, 1939
Untitled
Signed “Seah Kim Joo” on lower right
Inscribed 11/30 on lower edge of paper
Linocut on paper
Edition 11/30
59 x 36 cm
Provenance Private Collection, Canada
RM 1,200 – RM 3,500
Seah Kim Joo’s appreciation for the simplicities of village living. In this body of work, he uses monochromes with a darker hue focused on the feminine figure, presumably a mother to the child fe aving basket, and gazing upon each other.