Paintings from the Collection of Dr. Sukarno, President of the Republic of Indonesia [TWO VOLUME SET].
Lukisan-Lukisan Koleksi ir Dr. Sukarno, Presiden Republik Indonesia.
Author
Dullah [Ed.]
Place of Publication
published by the People`s Fine Arts Publishing House
Publication Name
Peking
Year
1957 [1956]
Language(s)
English Chinese Russian
Description
RARE LIMITED EDITION OF TWO VOLUME CATALOG of the then President Sukarno`s private art collection compiled by the renowned Indonesian painter known for his landscapes and portraits - Dullah (1919-1996), who was the Presidential Palace painter in the 1950s and curator of the state painting collections. It was Dullah who selected 206 paintings from Soekarno`s private collections, and with the help of Chinese experts photographed and then reproduced them in the "deluxe" two volume oversize monograph in a very limited edition printed in the People`s Republic of China in 1956. The text by Soekarno and Dullah was in four languages: Indonesian, Chinese, English and Russian. Due to the limited edition (only 6000 copies) the two volumes of `de luxe` monographs were only distributed to selected individuals and art collectors, and the supply was soon exhausted. Contains 206 tipped-in full-page unpaginated color plates. OVER 11 KG. [BOTH VOLUMES]: 415x330mm. [35 text pages & 88 plates] + [15 text pages & 118 plates]. Maroon leather embossed Hardcover with illustrated dust-jacket laid in board slipcase. Gilt front cover and spine. Illustrations pasted on slipcase rear side. Slipcase dirty and somewhat stained. Slipcase edges slightly worn. Slipcase spine edges bumped. Jacket, cover and spine rubbed. Jacket edges/corners worn/slightly tattered. Jacket spine slightly rubbed/dirty. Cover dust-stained/slightly dirty. Spine front hinge wrinkled/slightly cracked. Text block edges age-stained. Jacket flaps slightly age-stained. [VOL.I]: First several pages slightly age-stained. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare two volume album of exquisitely reproduced paintings by more than seventy leading painters from the precious collection of the first President of Indonesia is in good condition.
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