Lot 66 | 15 August 2021

 

 

LOT 66

LEE LONG LOOI

B. Kedah, 1942

Untitled, 1990

Signed and dated “Lee 90” on lower middle

Pastel on paper

38 x 56 cm

Private Collection, Canada

RM 2,000 – RM 4,500

This endearing and happy piece is filled with Lee Long Looi’s personality — the drawn-out features of the subjects, the simplicity that is the palette and the techniques and the entire piece put together is effortlessly appealing.

Born in 1942 in Kedah, Malaysia, Lee Long Looi graduated from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore and moved to New York to further his studies at the Art Students League and then at the Pratt Institute. He combines both elements of his Asian heritage and Western techniques in his paintings, and his works are displayed in Citibank, ABC Television, the Gulf Bank of Miami and many more.