Sago Lane

Title
Sago Lane
Year/Period
1977
Region
Singapore
Dimension
Image size: 44.5 x 53.0 cm,
Frame size: 70.8 x 78.5 x 2.2 cm
Accession No.
2019-00553
Credit Line
Gift of Chin Chun Wah

A watercolour painting depicting shophouses along Sago Lane, amongst which stands a funeral parlour. The artist Harry Chin Chun Wah (b. 1941) was trained in graphic art in NAFA and is known for his ink and wash technique which combines marker pen outlines and watercolour washes, lending an illustrative quality to his work. Chin was a founding member of the Singapore Watercolour Society.