Author: SINGAPORE ART MAGAZINE -
Title: Pelita. [A Singapore published local Art Magazine].
Description: Singapore, Esso Standard Ltd., 1962-1963. 6 parts. Vol. I-no. 1 (1st quarter 1962), 2,3, 4, 5 & 6 (2nd quarter 1963). Complete. (All publ.) 4°. Pict. col. limp wraps., mainly after paintings & watercols. Each 24pp. stapled. Many col. & plain ills., some full-page. Besides artt. on various malaysian interest subjects (Kuching, Malaysian stamps, Malaysian fruits, Malaysian states-men, Malaysia as a Nation, various races in Malaysia) each issue has an Art section in which malaysian female & male Painters are discussed with plates & ills., depicting their work, incl. short biographies: Georgette Li Ying Chen, Yu Loon Ching, Chuah Thean Teng, Pijush Kanti Paul, Zakariah Noor..) A complete set of this quarterly, discontinued after part 6(2nd. quarter), published and financed by Esso Standard Ltd., Singapore. A very fine set in original wrappers. Rare.

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