Image: The Kerton estate (kertonart.com)
The Protector
Bandung, 1983
- Catalogue no.
- SK-P0080
- Classification
- Painting
- Place and date
- Bandung, 1983 (as captioned by the estate)
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 140 × 100 cm (as captioned)
- Location
- Not recorded
Basis of entryThe estate’s online gallery listing and caption (kertonart.com) and auction catalogue entries; not yet examined in person.
Revised 1 Oct 2026
Provenance
- Listed in the estate’s online gallery (kertonart.com, “ON DISPLAY”, retrieved 7 July 2026); ownership to be confirmed with the estate.
- Appeared at auction in 1997 and 2022: see the object history.
Notes & sources
Estate caption (kertonart.com gallery): “Bandung, 1983 / Oil on canvas / 140 cm x 100 cm”. Dimensions follow the caption’s order; height and width are unconfirmed.
Object history
2 auction appearances · outcomes only — this catalogue records no prices
- 28 Sept 1997AuctionSold
Christie's, Singapore — South East Asian Pictures (5845), lot 780
Catalogued as “Pelindung : The Protector”, 1983 (painted in Bandung), oil on canvas, 140 x 100 cm
Literature: Zaelani (ed.), Nationalism and its Transformations (cited as 1990), p. 46, illustrated
- 30 Nov 2022AuctionSold
Christie's, Hong Kong — 20th/21st Century Art Evening Sale (19901), lot 53
Catalogued as “Pelindung: The Protector”, 1983, oil on canvas, 138 x 98 cm. (54 3/8 x 38 5/8 in.)
Provenance: Collection of the artist's family; Christie's Hong Kong, 28 September 1997, Lot 780 (the 1997 sale page is Singapore); acquired at that sale by the present owner; Exhibited: Jakarta, Nationalism and Its Transformations, 22 Nov - 13 Dec 1996; Literature: Kerton, Tanah Airku-My Country Indonesia (1990), plate 3, p. 10; Zaelani, Nationalism and its Transformations (1996), plate 46, p. 112
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.