LOT 88
IBRAHIM HUSSEIN, DATUK
B. Kedah, 1936 – 2009
Untitled, 1978
Acrylic on canvas
61 x 61 cm
Private Collection, Kuala Lumpur
Signed and dated on lower left
RM 90,000 – 160,000
This widely-recognised and international artist, Datuk Ibrahim Hussein, affectionally regarded as Ib, described his abstract works as futuristic and it was through a distinctive ordering of lines that he expressed differing complexities of form and dimensions. Ib created an extraordinary legacy of paintings over a half century revolving around his life and humanity, events and personalities. Seen here in Ib’s ‘Untitled’ work from 1974, one can discern that most of his works often have a semi-figurative or figurative abstraction element poised within a flattened and ambiguous space, reverberating complexity and swirls of colours. This particular work emanates a calmness by the soft hues of blue tone variants. He often emitted lines, colours and shapes onto canvas in direct response to the world around him, imploring all who viewed his art to be as moved as he was by the struggles and pleasures in the world.