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This painting by Adolfs shows a street scene
adoLFS, gerard pieter
(Semarang, C. Java, 1897 - in Batavia. On the lower part of the painting,
De Bosch, The Netherlands, 1968) the foreground, we can see what appears to be
a street vendor, who is busy attending to her
Gammalt Kvarter, Batavia customers. Behind her, in the middle ground,

trading activity is taking place. Some people can
oil on board
40 x 50 cm be seen bargaining with vendors, while others
can be seen walking away with their purchases.
signed (lower right):”Adolfs” and
signed again on verso “Gerald P Adolfs”. The scene appears to be on or near Jl. Pekojan,
Inscribed on the frame: “Gammalt Kvarter, Batavia” where similar shophouses in the background,
with their typical Chinese-style roofs can still be
Rp. 54 - 81.000,000 seen today. This painting seems to have come
US$ 3.857 - 5.786 from one of his exhibitions in Sweden, judging
from the title inscribed on the frame. .

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