Flirting with the Jamu Lady — recto

Image: The Kerton estate (kertonart.com)

Flirting with the Jamu Lady

Bandung, 1989

Catalogue no.
SK-P0029
Classification
Painting
Place and date
Bandung, 1989 (as captioned by the estate)
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
120 × 140 cm (as captioned)
Location
Probably the National Gallery Singapore (accession 1994-05402) — title, date, medium and size agree; to be confirmed

Basis of entryThe estate’s online gallery listing and caption (kertonart.com); not yet examined in person.

Revised 1 Oct 2026

Provenance

  1. 1994Probably acquired in 1994 for Singapore’s National Collection, now the Collection of National Gallery Singapore (accession 1994-05402) — to be confirmed.
  2. Listed in the estate’s online gallery (kertonart.com, “ON DISPLAY”, retrieved 7 July 2026).

Notes & sources

Probably the painting of this title in the Collection of National Gallery Singapore (1989, oil on canvas, 120 × 139.5 cm, accession 1994-05402, acquired in 1994); the identification rests on title, date, medium and size and awaits confirmation. Estate caption (kertonart.com gallery): “Bandung, 1989 / Oil on canvas / 120 cm x 140 cm”. Dimensions follow the caption’s order; height and width are unconfirmed.

Object history

  1. 1994Acquiredprobable identification

    National Gallery Singapore (then the National Heritage Board collection), Singapore — Accession no. 1994-05402

    Catalogued as “Flirting with the Jamu Lady”, 1989, Oil on canvas, Image size: 120 x 139.5 cm

    Acquired into Singapore's National Collection in 1994, with Leisure Time (1986). Identified by title, date, medium and size; the museum's image could not be compared.

    Roots.sg — Collection of National Gallery Singapore ↗

Inclusion in this catalogue is a scholarly cataloguing decision. It does not constitute an authentication or a guarantee of authenticity, attribution, or provenance, and the catalogue does not provide valuations.

“Flirting with the Jamu Lady” (1989), cat. no. SK-P0029, in Sudjana Kerton: Digital Catalogue Raisonné, https://sudjana-kerton-catalogue.pages.dev/works/SK-P0029. Entry revised 1 October 2026. Living document; subject to revision.