Lot 58 | 7 February 2021

 

 

LOT 58

KHALIL IBRAHIM

B. Kelantan, 1934 – 2018

Nude Study, 2002

Signed and dated “Khalil Ibrahim 002” on lower right

Ink on paper

35.5 x 28 cm

Private Collection, Kuala Lumpur

RM 700 – RM 1,300

An artist’s sketch gives insight into their thoughts and experience. In this ink on paper work, Khalil Ibrahim sketched a nude piece featuring two females in their organic form, drawn in two different angles. The late artist often brings focus mainly on the exquisiteness of the female body, often leaving the faces out of view. His rendition of the female body is thick, full-figured and stocky, with his subjects standing in various positions to highlight the differences from that of the male body, the disparities making them even more beautiful.