Tiki Finds - Collecting Tiki

T TabooDan Tiki Socialite Coast of BC now in Crowsnest, AB., Canada Joined: Jul 18, 2004 Posts: 691	T TabooDan Posted posted on Fri, Apr 25, 2008 9:26 PM On 2008-04-25 20:12, tikithomas08 wrote: an awesome painting i found for 10$, any ideas on where the girl might be from? heres a closeup on the tiki style necklace This print is of a painting by Vladimir Tretchikoff which was done about 1955. It is called "Balinese Girl". One of my favorites that he did. Tretchikoff did about 4 different specific paintings based on the women of Bali. Great price you paid as I see these sell for upwards of $60-100 now. This very nice painting is described as: "All the mystic fascination of the women of the Orient has been captured in this canvas. The baffling subtlety of the expression contains all that the mind of the West finds difficult to grasp in Eastern passivity of purpose". I couldn't have said it better myself! TabooDan [ Edited by: TabooDan 2008-04-25 21:31 ]

On 2008-04-25 20:12, tikithomas08 wrote:
an awesome painting i found for 10$, any ideas on where the girl might be from?

heres a closeup on the tiki style necklace

This print is of a painting by Vladimir Tretchikoff which was done about 1955. It is called "Balinese Girl". One of my favorites that he did. Tretchikoff did about 4 different specific paintings based on the women of Bali. Great price you paid as I see these sell for upwards of $60-100 now.

This very nice painting is described as:
"All the mystic fascination of the women of the Orient has been captured in this canvas. The baffling subtlety of the expression contains all that the mind of the West finds difficult to grasp in Eastern passivity of purpose".

I couldn't have said it better myself! TabooDan

[ Edited by: TabooDan 2008-04-25 21:31 ]

Post #376344 by TabooDan on Fri, Apr 25, 2008 9:26 PM