Footnotes

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist in Bali in 1948 by an American collector, Mr Robert E. Hoey (1912-1960) after World War II and thence by descent. Mr Hoey served as the United States Department of State Officer, in charge of Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia Affairs. He was Special Assistant to the Secretary of State from December 1955 to July 1956

約翰·魯道夫·博內　男子肖像　炭筆、粉彩和粉筆紙本　木框　一九四八年作

簽名：R.Bonnet Bali 1948

來源：
美國藏家 Robert E. Hoey (1912-1960) 先生於第二次世界大戰後，在峇厘島直接得自於畫家，之後由其子繼承。Hoey 先生為美國國務院官員，負責越南、寮國和柬埔寨事務，1955年12月至1956年7月擔任國務卿特別助理

Amsterdam-born Johan Rudolf Bonnet (1895-1978) was one of Bali's most influential foreign artists. After studying decorative painting at a technical high school, he specialised in drawing and painting in the academic tradition of the early 20th century at the Rijksacademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam. Bonnet left for Italy in 1920 and stayed mostly in Anticoli Corrado, south for Rome, for 8 years and it was in Italy where he first heard of Bali from the artist, Wijnand Otto Jan Nieuwenkamp (1874-1950), who had documented the island's culture.

Bonnet arrived in Bali in 1929 and during his time there, he was well connected with Moscow-born German artist Walter Spies (1895-1942), Balinese royalty including Tjokorda Gede Agung Sukawati (1910-1978) and helped to establish the Pita Maha Artists Association as well as Museum Puri Lukisan.

Using dark angular outlines and dramatic shadows, Bonnet created Lot 1264 Portrait of a Man in 1948. With an element of stylisation, this work recalls European modern art during the first half of the 20th century.