The Collection of The Late Raden Achmad Kosasih (lots #93 - 98)
Raden Achmad Kosasih was born in Sukabumi, West Java, in 1924. In 1946, he joined the Tentara Republik Indonesia (Army of the Republic of Indonesia) Siliwangi Division to fight in the Indonesian Revolutionary War (1945-49), against the Dutch and the Allied forces who wanted to reclaim Indonesia as their colony.
In his military career thereafter, among other positions he served as Commander of the Siliwangi Military Region, from 1957 to 1960. During this time he and his family resided in a house on Jl. Dago 37, Bandung. Kosasih proudly decorated his house with paintings, and even compiled photographs of the paintings and its placement in the house in a handsome album titled Dago 37 Bandung. The album included Abedi’s Modjang Priangan (lot #93), Sudjono Abdullah’s Waves of The Sea (lot #94), Dezentjé’s Karang Hawu (lot #95), and Agus Djaya’s Tari Api di Ceylon (lot #97). On the back of the painting by Agus Djaya is a inscription “For Kol. Kosasih from the Highest Commander”, indicating that it was gifted by President Sukarno around 1957. The other paintings in the album seemed to be acquisitioned around the late 1950s to early 1960s.
Later, Kosasih was assigned as Indonesia’s Ambassador to Australia (1964 - 68). From 1970 to 1974 he became Governor of Lembaga Pertahanan Nasional (the National Resilience Institute). Then, he was appointed to be Indonesia’s Ambassador to The Netherlands (1979 - 83).
Kosasih passed away in Bandung in 1992, with the last rank of Lieutenant General. During his lifetime he was very active in the legislative, political, diplomatic, business, social and religious world. In addition, his love in the field of sports and also activities as an athlete led him to be trusted to lead various national sports organizations such as the Indonesian Pencak Silat Association (PPSI).
In this auction we feature some wonderful art pieces from the collection of Raden Achmad Kosasih, including the works featured in the album mentioned earlier, with the addition of Lee Man Fong’s Two Doves (lot #98) and Srihadi Soedarsono’s Houses in a Dutch Village (lot #96), which appears to have been collected in the late 1970s or early 1980s.
Through this auction, avid collectors will be able to place their bids and hopefully become a proud owner of a piece that was once part of Raden Achmad Kosasih’s Dago 37 collection in Bandung or the artworks he later acquired and displayed in his house in Jakarta.
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| Lot 93, Abedi, Modjang Priangan |
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| Lot 94, Sudjono Abdullah, Waves of The Sea |
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| Lot 95, Dezentje, Ernest, Karang Hawu |
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| Lot 96, Srihadi Soedarsono, Houses in a Dutch Village |
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| Lot 97, Agus Djaya, Tari Api di Ceylon |
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| Lot 98, Lee Man Fong, Two Doves |
Link to Sidharta's Fine Art Auction, 25 November 2018: https://bit.ly/2zPBjhL
Link to Sidharta's Fine Art Auction, 25 November 2018 pdf catalog: https://bit.ly/2QzKhHf
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