Pre-War Balinese Modernists: 1928 - 1942
128 pp.
Auction catalogue dealing exclusively with this art-form, held 29 September 2001.
Illustrated with 188 paintings. Full colour.
Celestial Art
Paper offerings and textiles from China collected by Leo Haks
Gendt, 1997.
182 pp. in full colour.
Hardcover, dustjacket.
Iincludes. 16pp. photographic contribution by Marcel van der Vlugt, of Chinese opera costumes in a modern. Western style.
ISBN 9053492356.
Lexicon of Foreign Artists who Visualized Indonesia 1600 - 1950
Singapore, 1995.
528pp.
ca. 800 illustrations, incl. 111 in colour.
Biography of almost 3000 artists.
Standard reference work.
ISBN 981-3018-07-0.
Pre-War Balinese Modernists 1928 - 1942
Haarlem 1999
Published to coincide with the exhibition of the same title shown at the Kunsthal, Rotterdam, Museum Puri Lukisan, Ubud, Bali and Erasmus Huis, Jakarta Indonesia
136 pp. full colour.
Extensive introduction to this all but forgotten art form from Bali
ISNB 90-5349-297-6.
INDONESIA: 500 Early Postcards
Mostly from the period 1893 - 1930 • 288 pages, full colour throughout • 23 x 25 cm Flexi cover
The book is divided into 7 Geographical sections: Sumatra, Batavia, Java, Bali and the Lesser Sundas, Borneo, Celebes, and Irian Jaya.
Within these sections, subjects are treated in double page spreads.
Indonesië 500 oude prentbriefkaarten
(Translation from the English language edition.)
Now in second print.
Atrium. Rijswijk 2006
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ISBN 9059471172 www.uitgeverijatrium.nl
Ida Bagus Nyoman Rai: Painter of History
by Adrian Vickers and Leo Haks
The Balinese painter Ida Bagus Nyoman Rai died in 2000, leaving behind one of the few depictions of the Japanese occupation of Bali, an enigmatic work that has also now come to public attention. A 'history painting' that tells us much about Balinese art and its developing during the modernist period, it also shows how art that appears to represent history ambiguously can actually enhance or understanding of it.
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Balinese art to go under hammer in S'pore
A collection of paintings by pre-World War II Balinese modernists is scheduled to be auctioned by Christie's in Singapore at the end of September. The planned auction has been criticized both for the quality of the works and the decision to sell the paintings shortly after they were exhibited in several museums around the world. The Jakarta Post contributor Amir Sidharta spoke with Leo Haks, the owner of the collection, via e-mail about the auction.
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Review: Haks & Maris, Pre-War Balinese Modernists, 1928-1942:
A Dealers' Visual Survey.
Extract from BACN 38 was contributed by Dr Adrian Vickers, associate professor at the Department of History and Politics at the University of Wollongong, Australia
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Letter from Singapore
By Mary Lee
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Collecting for life: Book Review of Silks for Thrones and Altars and Celestial Art
By Ming- Yeung Lu
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Greetings from Indonesia
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Leo Haks : Indonesian photographs collection 1860s-1940s
by Gael Newton Senior Curator, Photography
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