WILLEM GERARD HOFKER

WILLEM GERARD HOFKER (Dutch, 1902-1981) Ni Goesti Madé Toewi at the Temple Gate signed and inscribed 'Poeri Oeboed W.G. Hofker/ni Goesti made Toewi' (lower left); further signed, inscribed and dated 'W.G. Hofker, Bali 1942-44. Poeri te Oeboed.' (lower right) and further dated and indistinctly inscribed '1944K' (along the right edge) black chalk and pastel, heightened with white, on paper 48 x 30 cm. (18 7/8 x 11 3/4 in.) Painted in 1942-1944