LOT 60
ENG TAY
B. Kedah, 1947
Resting, 1993 (Edition 2/26)
Bronze
30 x 61 x 25.4 cm
Private Collection, USA
Signed, dated and numbered on lower back of sculpture
RM 18,000 – 30,000
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 through out South America and Indonesia. These trips formed a basis for the types of scenes and moments that became his subject matter.