I Ketut Rodja (1902-1965)

'Cerucuk Kuning'

Ni Bawang holding a 'Cerucuk' bird in her hand.

Signed and dated on the bottom '"Ktut-Rodja." Mas-Bali-Indonesia. -I-'50-'

H 40.8 cm

Nangka (jackfruit) wood

Provenance: -G. J. Wulfhorst (1904-1983) started his military career in 1922 as a cadet, after which he studied at the Royal Military Academy (KMA) in Breda to become an officer. He went to the Dutch East Indies in October 1927. In 1934 he was placed in the XII battalion in Meester Cornelis, Batavia. Wulfhorst was captured in March 1942 by the Japanese and was forced to work on the Birma-railroad. He was liberated in August 1945. After the war he returned as the last KNIL commander of Bali, where he met the painter Le Mayeur and his wife Ni Pollok (see lot 11). In 1950 he handed over the command of Bali to lieutenant kolonel Askari of the TNI, the Indonesian National Army. Thence by descent to the present owner.

A small crack in the wood on the base. No other damage and no repair or restoration.