LOT 5
ENG TAY
B. Kedah, 1947
Summer Melody , 1985
Etching on paper (Edition 14/150)
90 x 59.5 cm
Private Collection, Singapore
Signed, dated, and titled “Eng Tay 1985 Summer Melody” on lower edge of painting
RM 1,500 – 3,800
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 through out South America and Indonesia. These trips formed a basis for the types of scenes and moments that became his subject matter.