1959-0078-0-PF *Remove the frame

Accession number

1959-0078-0-PF *Remove the frame

Title

Untitled

Description

In this detailed, realistic charcoal portrait, King Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII) is depicted in three-quarter profile, from the waist up, dressed in a Raj pattern suit decorated with a sash and numerous medals. The drawing is based on a well-known photograph of the king. The artist's strokes are smoothly blended, creating an effect of soft focus, imbuing the image with an auratic character.

Categories

Figurative

Black and white

Inscriptions

Remove the frame. A label bearing the name of the artist's portrait studio (惠民畫像室) and the text "created by Chang Sae-tang" (เขียนโดยนายจ่าง แซ่ตั๊ง) is affixed at the bottom right corner of the drawing, above the date "2.3.1959".

Year

1959

Date

03-02

Dimensions

Remove the frame.

Dimensions with frame

97.2 x 76.0

Condition

Grazing. Discolouration. A photo of several military officers is sandwiched within the frame. The inclusion of the photo seems to have prevented discolouration along the bottom edge of the drawing, which otherwise appears yellowish-brown. Tide lines near the bottom left corner of the work.

Medium

Charcoal on paper

Current location

Collection of The Tang Chang Private Museum

All known reproductions.

World View From Within: Tang Chang’s Private Collection 1958-1982 (Nakhon Pathom: The Tang Chang Private Museum, 2007).
โลกทรรศน์จากภายใน: จ่าง แซ่ตั้ง ผลงานจิตรกรรม พ.ศ. 2501-2525 (นครปฐม: พิพิธภัณฑ์ จ่าง แซ่ตั้ง, 2007).
[Caption:
จ่าง แซ่ตั้ง: รัชกาลที่ 8 2502 สีถ่านบนกระดาษ 81 x 50 ซม.
Tang Chang: The King Ananda Mahidol, 1959, Charcoal on paper 81 x 50 cm.]

Exhibition history.

World View From Within: Tang Chang [โลกทรรศน์จากภายใน: จ่าง แซ่ตั้ง]. Chamchuri Art Gallery, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. November 23–December 12, 2007.