Details
CollectionSouth & Southeast Asian Collection
Object numberS2000-0001-001-0
TitleFarming
CreatorChuah Thean Teng
DescriptionFarming by Chuah Thean Teng is an almost chimerical observation of agricultural life in Malaya before the outbreak of the Japanese War. The viewer is granted a lofty view of farmers tilling the ground with their ox beneath a coconut and a palm tree. Chuah has liberally recombined some of the most distinct elements of rural agricultural life in this print.A woodcut depicting a typical Malaysian rural landscape in a Chinese hanging scroll format. Two tall coconut trees dominate a pastoral scene of farmers plowing their fields with oxen. It is an early Chuah Thean Teng long before his venture into the art of batik painting which earned for him a world wide reputation as Malaysia's first modern master painter using the traditional batik technique.
Production placeMalaysia
Object categoryWoodblock Print
MaterialInk on paper
TechniquePrintmaking
Dimensions
H: 11.2 cm
L: 3.4 cm
H: 45 cm
L: 35 cm
L: 3.4 cm
H: 45 cm
L: 35 cm
