Lot 46 | 23 March 2025

 

 

LOT 46

A.B. IBRAHIM

B. Alor Setar, 1925 – 1977

Fishing Village, 1960’s

Watercolour on paper

27 x 37 cm

Private Collection, Kuala Lumpur

Signed “A.B.Ibrahim” on lower left

RM 2,500 – 5,000

A.B. Ibrahim excelled in creating and romanticising local landscapes only with the watercolour medium. It is a common, everyday and modest scene carrying a quiet and tranquil mood that accompanies the atmosphere of villages. The artist creates a very nostalgic and sentimental mood, reminding one of days gone by or the feeling of missing home after having been away for a long time. His prowess in re-enacting mood and feeling as well as beautiful rustic landscapes on paper made him one of the most well-known artists in Kedah until this day. ‘Fishing Village, 1960’s is a postcard perfect scene of a fishing village in Kedah brings one back to simpler times before the Internet.