8500
Enquiry about object: 8500
Burmese Charcoal Drawing ‘Novice Monk’, by Nyan Tun
Rangoon, Burma (Myanmar) circa 1995
dimensions of visible painting: 31 and 41cm, dimensions of frame: 56 and 66cm
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Provenance
Private collection, London, UK.
This particularly beautiful charcoal on paper drawing of a slightly annoyed-looking young novice monk is by the Burmese artist Nyan Tun who was active in Rangoon in the 1990s.
It is signed in the lower right ‘Nyan Tun.’
It was acquired in Rangoon in the late 1990s by the previous owner.
It is in excellent condition.
References
Ranard, A., Burmese Painting: A Linear and Lateral History, Silkworm Books, 2009.
