LOT 84
ENG TAY
B. Kedah, 1947
The Young Beauty, 1995
Oil on canvas
122 x 152 cm
Private Collection, Kuala Lumpur
Signed on lower right
RM 100,000 – 160,000
Eng Tay was born in 1947 in Kedah, West Malaysia. In 1968, he moved to New York City and studied at the Arts Student League, School of Visual Arts and Pratt Graphics Center. Here he studied graphic design, painting and printmaking. He worked in the graphic arts field until 1978, when he undertook several painting trips throughout South America and Indonesia. These trips formed a basis for the types of scenes and moments that became his subject matter – images of people playing music, family moments and interactions, market scenes and daily rituals. This is a scene of two young subjects clad in sarongs. The lady on the foreground is tending to her tresses while the girl at the bag is watching her, in fascination, while clutching to her doll.