Lost Art Registry Indonesia | South Jakarta - Kemang | 30 December 2012 | 4 paintings by Abdullah Sr., Nyoman Tusan & Widodo Sunarko

On December 30th, 2012, around 01:00 am, a painting by Abdullah Sr., a painting by Nyoman Tusan and two paintings by Widodo Sunarko  have disappeared from a house in Kemang, South Jakarta. 

The Abdullah Suriosubroto painting, measuring 60 x 95 cm,  is shown above. 

The police report submitted on December 30th, 2012, at 6pm, appears here: 

A similar/almost identical painting has appeared in an auction in Singapore in mid 2013, but the painting in the auction is attributed to Basoeki Abdullah, the son of Abdullah Suriosubroto. We urge the buyer of the painting to check if in fact the painting is this painting by Abdullah. It can be done by checking the signature, which should appear as "ABDULLAH". Basoeki Abdullah's paintings are commonly signed "BASOEKI", although some early paintings are signed "B. ABDULLAH". Of course there is also a possibility that the signature has been tampered with, and added  "B. " in front of the original signature. Inspection under ultra-violet light would be able to determine if the signature is original and has been done completely at the same period of time, or if there have been any recent additions/intrusions upon the original signature. 

Any parties currently in possession of the painting that was stolen from this house in Kemang, should contact me via email: senirupa@gmail.com. Thank you.