Still life with fruits

Southeast Asian Collection

Accession Nr.: 89.21.1
Type: painting
Date of production:
1958
Place of production:
Signed: Mahung Thein, 1958.
Materials/Techniques: paper, watercolour
Dimensions: height: 40. 5 cm
width: 53. 3 cm
In the foreground of a green banana cluster, the artist has depicted a brown pineapple tilted on its side. Next to them rises a clay pot. The inscription in the lower left corner of the painting bears the artist's name and the date of the work. Little information is available about U Maung Thein, who was active in the 1950s.