Cool RM500,500 for ‘The Dream’
Aug 16th, 2010 by Steven
What can you do with RM500,000? Buy a dream house or car? Maybe go for a well deserved holiday cruise? But if money is not a concern, why not buy a painting?
Well, someone or an individual representing a corporate recently dished out a cool RM0.55 million for The Dream, painted in 1969 by the Datuk Ibrahim Hussein (1936-2009). This acrylic on canvas, measuring 121 cm x 121 cm, was painted was originally purchased by the artist’s personal friend, Dutchman Casper Kamp, a UN officer, and his late wife Ann, in the 1970s. The painting literally travelled all over the world wherever Kamp was posted to the US, Asian countries and the UK. The Dream was ‘abroad’ for some 40 years before a private collector acquired it earlier this year through a UK auction house. Home sweet home!
The Dream recently got a new home when it went under the hammer at the Henry Butcher Art Auction. It was the highest priced lot at the auction, and probably the highlest priced art piece by a Malaysian artist.