Iko Art

Category: Iko

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    Iko, Portrait bust of a man, 1920-1924, presumably teak, dimensions unknown (no image available). This concerns a commission from a planter’s wife in the Oosthoek (did Van Meurs mean eastern Java?). It concerns a portrait of her husband, based on three different portraits that served as models for Iko, after which he made a clay…

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    Iko, Serimpi Dibikin, ca. 1923-1925, teak, 58 x 21 x 14 cm, private collection. Photo: Joop van Putten. Contains the inscription ‘Oleh Iko Tjimani 1923(5)’ which means ‘by Iko from Tjimahi 1923(5)’. The inscription of the date is not entirely clear but seems more like a three. In the context of this statue, Bikin could…

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    Iko, Bust Jasin, before 1923, teak, 27 x 12 x 7 cm, private collection. Photo: Joop van Putten. Purchased in 2022 from collector and author Jan Veenendaal † (Oudenbosch). The bust rests on a slightly flattened sphere, which in turn rests on a small platform above which the bust itself begins. This platform is made…

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    Iko, Court dancer, before 1923, teak, 59 x 31 x 18 cm, private collection. Photo: Joop van Putten. Purchased through Catawiki in 2020. It bears no inscriptions, and the statue was described on Catawiki at the time as a statue “in the style of the Javanese artist Iko,” raising some uncertainty as to whether this…

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    Iko, Bedaja, before 1923, teak, 48 x 16 x 13 cm, private collection. Signed ‘badaja.’ Photo: Joop van Putten. This is one of the many Bedaja statuettes Iko made. The kain has a geometric pattern, and the sampur is striking in that it appears to be a variation on a parang pattern. The statue was…

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    Iko, Dewi Sinta, before 1923, teak, 55 x 17 x 13 cm, private collection. Signed as ‘dewisinta iso.’ This is another goddess known from, among other things, the wajang. A striking feature of this statue is the cord that falls over her right shoulder and runs down the front to her hip, curling upwards to…

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    Iko, Dewi wari Sikandi, 1922, teak, 48 x 15 x 15 cm, private collection. A special feature of this statue is its loose earrings. It depicts a goddess, a dewi, who is said to be the consort of Raden Ardjuna and is known, among other things, from wajang plays. Here, she does have characteristics of…

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    Iko, Stone statue of Mrs. de Stuers, 1920-1921, limestone from Preanger, dimensions unknown (no image available). Presented by Iko out of gratitude to Mr. L. de Stuers (Iko considered him his protector) and his wife on the occasion of their departure from the Dutch East Indies. Mrs. De Stuers is not believed to have posed…

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    Iko, Wooden statue of the Regent of Bandung, Wiranatakoesoema V (later Minister of Home Affairs in the first Indonesian cabinet after the Proklamasi), 1920-1924 (no image available). Shown to Van Meurs at his residence in Buitenzorg. It was likely made from memory. Its whereabouts and whereabouts are unknown. Source: Van Meurs, “Iko, de Soendasche beeldsnijder,”…

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    Iko, Court dancer, 1919, teak, 57 x 18 x 23 cm, private collection. Photo: Joop van Putten. It is in a private collection and is signed as follows: “gatoetkatja dibikin olehiko 1919 maart.” This likely depicts a pose from one of the war dances (Helsdingen-Schoevers, Het Serimpi boek, 15). The dancer is holding a dance…