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Nanyang painter Georgette Chen's Still Life With Big Durian (circa 1965) is currently the most expensive painting by a pioneer artist in Singapore to sell at auction.
PHOTO: CHRISTIE'S
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SINGAPORE – With the bang of a gavel, Singapore art made history in 2023.
At the 20th/21st Century Art Evening Sale by auction house Christie’s in Hong Kong in May, Nanyang painter Georgette Chen’s (1906-1993) Still Life With Big Durian (circa 1965) sold for a whopping $2.47 million, more than 40 times higher than what it fetched in 1998.
