DANG (KUEKHUN PHONJAREONSUK). ENTRANCE TO THE TEMPLE, signed lower left. Oil on canvas. Painted circa 1985
Click here to view supplemental information for this lot. - Framed, sight: 39 3/4 in. x 31 1/2 in. Estimate $3,000-3,500
Plaque affixed to bottom center of frame notes that the painting is entitled: "Wat Mahathat 14th Century[,] Buddhist Temple At Sukhotha [,] Capital Of Thailand From 1258 to 1438 A.D." [Gift] to Attorney General Edwin Meese III (of the USA in 1985) As A Token Of Warm Friendship And High Esteem [from] Air Chief Marshal [name in Thai script, translated "Siddhi Savetsila"], Deputy Prime Minister And Minister Of Foreign Affairs Of Thailand."
PROVENANCE: Naris Gallery, Pattaya, Thailand Air Chief Marshal Siddhi Svetsilai And Minister Of Foreign Affairs Of Thailand Former Attorney General Edwin Meese III Private collector, Virginia
Surface dirt and debris; scattered areas of fine craquelure.
