LOT 820 Anton Huang Catalogue: Traditional, Modern and Contemporary Indonesian Art
Bali, 17 July 2026

LOT 820

Anton Huang
(1935 - 1985, Indonesian)

Two Balinese Dancers
painted in 1974
oil on canvas
100 x 70 cm
signed and dated on lower right


Rp 110.000.000 - 160.000.000
S$ 7,920 - 11,520

In "Two Balinese Dancers", Anton Huang transforms the traditional Legong dancer into a vehicle for bold, decorative abstraction. Two figures stand shoulder to shoulder against a fiery vermilion ground, their crowned heads crowned further by cascading white blossoms that echo the ceremonial headdresses of Balinese performance. Huang's palette is rich and unrestrained, layering turquoise, ochre, and jade against passages of intricate patterning that recall traditional songket and batik textiles.

What distinguishes this work is its fusion of figuration with textile-like ornamentation: the dancers' torsos dissolve into dense grids of geometric motif, star-forms, and interlocking borders, rendered with the density of woven cloth rather than painted fabric. Their oversized, outstretched hands, elongated and expressive, gesture with the codified elegance of Balinese dance, while their serene, heavy-lidded faces impart a meditative stillness amid the visual abundance surrounding them.

Painted in Ubud in 1974, the work reflects Huang's deep engagement with Balinese aesthetics, reimagined through a modernist sensibility that prizes pattern, colour intensity, and decorative rhythm as expressive ends in themselves.

Condition Report

The painting is in good condition. The canvas is also in good condition. Paint loss found on upper middle, upper left, left side and lower right. Aging cracks found on right side, left side and some other places. No retouching was detected upon examination under ultraviolet light. The painting is offered with frame.


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