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Antonio Blanco (1912-1999) Ni Djenar
香港 北京时间
2020年10月06日 开拍 / 2020年10月04日 截止委托
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Antonio Blanco (1912-1999) Ni Djenar 1957signed and dated Bali 57, inscribed in Balinese scriptcharcoal, watercolour and gouache on paper53 by 73.5 cm20 7/8 by 28 7/8 in. 注脚 ProvenancePrivate French Collection*Please note that this lot is located in Singapore. Buyer is responsible to arrange shipping from present location of lot to buyer's desired destination. To enquire shipping quote, please contact?[email?protected]Born in Manila, Antonio Blanco (1911-1999) spent his early formative years studying at the National Academy of Art in New York under painter Sidney Dickinson, which left him fascinated by the human body and, in particular, the female form. He traveled extensively throughout the world, inspired by painters such as Paul Gauguin and José Miguel Covarrubias. He had initially planned to go to Tahiti before he finally landed in Bali in 1952, which inspired Blanco with the important elements needed to develop his artistic gifts: the beautiful scenery, the dreamlike atmosphere of the environment, and the pervasive art of the graceful Balinese.Blanco lived and worked in his magical hilltop home with his Balinese wife, the celebrated dancer Ni Ronji, until his death in 1999, where he feverishly created his fantasy portraits of beautiful women. Women are the focal point of his paintings, and one could say that Antonio was a painter of the idealised "eternal feminine", his style romantic-expressive and dreamy. This scene, lovingly rendered in dramatic swaths of black and white, is of a woman in labour. Blanco later identifies her as the beautiful Balinese Legong dancer Ni Djenar and her husband; He fully supports her weight as she leans against him, tenderly massaging Ni Djenar's belly to help her through labour. This intimate scene captures Blanco's close attention to the human form and his integration into Balinese society and customs. White gouache dramatises the whole affair, the light catching off Ni Djenar's glowing sweat-drenched skin. Yet Blanco's characteristic soft touch with light sweeping traces of charcoal exudes a calm warmth, perfectly capturing the tenderness of the couple's pose.The artist's letters to the original owner are missing.Transcribed below:—Artist: Antonio Maria Blanco (American Artist of Spanish Ancestry)Comments of the artist on his drawing of a Balinese woman at childbirthThese are partly my comments and those of a Mexican artist who lived for some years in Bali-Miguel CovarrubiasChildbirth in the Island of BaliThis drawing was sketched from life (at actual childbirth) in the island of Bali by Antonio Maria Blanco, and is signed and dated as such xxx for the records of posterity.The event of pregnancy is a great blessing to every Balinese household. People in Bali have quite a correct idea that the man's seminal fluid (SEMARA, named after the God of Love) comes in contact with the "female Semen" turns into blood in the womb, forming a ball which, fed by the womans own blood, eventually takes human form and develops into a child. Along with this almost scientific notion goes the belief that the child is the reincarnation of an ancestor whose lifegiving spirit comes down to earth in the form of due, which is inadvertently eaten by the parents, the process of gestation taking place after intercourse.Birth control is particularly unknown in Bali, apparently the only method of prevention they know is for the woman to stand up after the intercourse and free herself of the seminal fluid.Pregnant women in Bali must avoid certain foods such as too much pepper, octopus, eggplant, and a kind of mango. Years ago in the true era of Bali, a husband may not cut his hair until after the child is born,Most Balinese women have their children easily. Frequently even the assistance of a midwife is dispensed with and only expert women relatives or even the husband aid the woman. When the time comes, the woman is placed half-seated on a mat, supported rom the back by a man or woman who helps her [through] rhythmic massage to deliver the child. The umbilical cord (udal, unnang) is cut with a sharp blade made of bamboo (iron may not be used). The umbilical cord is never cut before the Placenta emerges, the Balinese claim that to do so would cause the certain death of the mother. Then the child is washed and there is a curious ruling that demands the Mother drinks, or just tastes, three times of said water. The Placenta together with the umbilical cord, some blood (gateh) and afterbirth water are placed in a yellow coconut (which is wrapped in sugar-palm fibre and buried in front of the sleeping quarters.. That of a boy to the right, and that of a girl to the left. A fire is built over the place and a bamboo alter with offerings is erected over the spot. The first milk of the breast is never fed to the child but the Mother milks her breast, spending said milk on the house wall. The only explanation for this strange idea is that it is custom.The woman in the sketch is- Ni Djenar, who was quite a famous beauty and Bali-Dancer in her time. The child was a Girl... who died in a year's time of Malaria. Ni Djenar is at present teaching my 7 year old daughter Ni Tjempaka the classic "LEGONG" dance of Bali, and even though beauty rapidly fades among the poor people of Bali (who eat a very impoverished died of sweet potatoes and some rice) Ni Djenar still shows remarkedly traces of her beauty as a LEGONG dancer.The carving of the frame is done by a Bali-wood sculptor and is taken from designs from Temple walls in Bali.A.BlancoTjampuan, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia—December 28th, 1960The ThomasesDear friends:Thank you for your two well-remembered visits to my studio in the delightful island of Bali that I am so much in love with.I trust that the trip by plane of the pregnant woman (encased under glass) was effortless and that she arrived safely in Jakarta. Did you know that the (Placenta) afterbirth is not cast away as drass in Bali? It is carefully buried outside the cham[b]er of birth in the earth. If one is wealthy you may then erect a costly monument in the same spot, if poor you must at least plant a living plant so that the child can return to this spot during its life-course as the Placenta shared alike between Mother and child becomes an important place for the child to bring religious offerings (called BANTEN) during the child's life. Xxxxxxxxxx If the new arrival were a boy the Placenta would be buried to the right of the chamber of birth. There are profound Spiritual reasons for all this in Bali, an island of occult people endowed with a rich philosophy I so much respect.I'll bet your daughter does not allow you to place the Bali-girl in the living room but snatched it away for her own room? Right?I enjoyed your company and chatter thereof, we have many things in common, and I must confess New Englanders are highly misunderstood.. there is a highly fallacious notion that N. E. are full of inhibitions. I have not found this so. You and your husband and daughter are filled with the Magic of freedom in life and quite outspoken and frank about life and its many faceted ways.Do not forget my request for a photo (a good clear one) of all the Thomas family in the parlor showing the two Blanco works on your walls in Kebajoran.Hasta la vista,Believe me, your friends(Signed)Antonio, Rondji, Tjempaka—Dear Kyron:Remembered friend.. I have a thought in mind that I wish to convey:One drawing of a Bali Man with a turban upon his head astride a pregnant woman of Bali.. preys upon my consciousness.. I feel its loss from my collection, if you are agreeable to part wit[h] it.. let me know by return mail what you wish to be paid for it.... as I remember you paid me US$225. only for it...What do you want for it? If we as both parties agree.. it could be sent to me by you via Parcel post REGISTERED SIR MAIL in a stout tube.. I WOULD NOT NEED ITS FRAME..WHICH WOULD FACILITATE SLIPPING INTO TUBE (which big cities have of formidable [Draite] or plastic.Let me know, not only this.. but how you are doing along with Eddie your sweet woman.Handsome Chirgwin is still an often visitor and we have chats that entail YOU.Bright may the new year be for you and yours(Signed)Antonio-Ronji(Intact as ever)February 6, 1989—BLANCO STUDIOTjampuan, Ubud, BaliIndonesiaArtist: Antonio-Maria BlancoUSA citizen (Spanish Ancestry)Winner of many Awards, among which feature. - THE TIFFANY FELLOWSHIP - THE CANNON PRIZE - THE SUYDAM BRONZE MEDAL The Art School of the National Academy of Design New York City, N.Y., USA - THE MOST POPULAR PAINTING AWARD - HONORABLE MENTION The Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA - THE BEST PORTRAIT AWARD The Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA - SPECIAL AWARD Waikiki Artists Colony, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA - SILVER MEDAL AND SCROLL DECORATION (Chevalier do Sahamerrel) His Majesty King Norodom Sihanouk Varman, Phnom Penh, Cambodia - "ONE AMONG THE SOCIETY OF PAINTERS OF FINE ART QUALITY" Autographed Testimonial, Dr. Sukarto, President of the Republic of Indonesia - DOCTORATE OF PHILOSOPHY (PH.D) DIPLOMA National College, Windsor, Dominion of Canada - MEMBRO DE'ONORE Ass. Intern, Cavallieri di S Aedrea di Caffa, Napoli, Italia. - HONORARY MEMBERSHIP Japan Watercolor Society "WAVES OF THE OCEAN" Tokio, Japan Title of this Painting: Comments by the Artist:Price: There is every evidence that "BLANCO" Paintings are subject to not only increase in intrinsic value, but Fine Art quality as well, with the passing of time(Attached on a separate note)I do not remember if my 4 paintings that you now own carry this [curriou-Lum Vitae], but since this printed job came in most of my work will have this pasted in back. You might send it on to Ebbie, she can at least attach this one to back of your large child bearing theme drawing. If you wish for three more; ask.

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