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The work is a mixed technique on paper representing three Balinese women surrounded by vegetation and gathered around a water basin, circa 1940s.
The work is typical of the style of LE MAYEUR DE MERPRES who represented many scenes of everyday life in Bali in the 30s-40s. The work is signed lower left, good condition.
Dimension : 20.87 x 14.97 inches ( frame : 27.76 x 21.74 inches)
Jean LE MAYEUR DE MERPRES (1880-1958) is a Belgian artist, having traveled widely around the world (Africa, Europe, Asia), to finally settle in Bali; place where he meets his muse and future wife: Ni Pollok. His house in Sanur (Bali), has now become a museum dedicated to him.
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