Lot 200
Rambutan Vendors 1964
oil on canvas
signed and dated lower right: Senaka Senanayake/1964
artist name, title and date on artist label verso
101 x 107 cm
Estimate $8,000 - $12,000
Ken and Marjorie Menzies, Melbourne
Thence by descent
"Senanayake's paintings are gorgeously positive, his forests wearing saturated runway colours, his birds right out of an ancient fable. His style is often criticised as being purely aesthetic, but it is by no means emotionally inert. In fact, his work is an ironic reminder of the fading beauty of his world, a hope against hope that whatever is left of nature can be conserved. It is equal parts celebration, elegy and documentation of the fragile rainforests of Sri Lanka." V Shoba, "Senaka Senanayake: Life Is Beautiful," 15 July 2016.
Fine Art
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8241
6:30pm - 5 June 2018
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141
VIEWING
Viewing in Melbourne
Wednesday 30 May, 9am-8pm
Thursday 31 May, 10am-4pm
Friday 1 June, 10am-4pm
Saturday 2 June, 10am-4pm
Sunday 3 June, 10am-4pm
Monday 4 June, 10am-4pm
CONTACT
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