Author: SCHOUTEN, ST.A.,
Title: [A Batak traditional house, original sepia coloured etching, signed in pencil St.A. Sch[outen].
Description: Amsterdam, s.n. [Roeloffzen & Hubner, Typ.], [..], 1928. A original sepia-coloured etching by A.St. Schouten, actual size 6x8cm., under passepartout, signed by the artist in pencil at lower right corner of etching A. St. Sch[outen]. Illustrates a traditional Batak house in aCampong, Brastagi Highlands, East Coast Sumatra, dutch colonial indonesia. Printed in a limited editon of 25 copies only. NOT called-for in HAKS/MARIS, Lexicon..,page 240 (NO biographical data available, no references). SCAN AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. A fine sepia-coloured original etching in a limited edition of 25 copies only, signed. Presented in Schounten's magnum opus Deli en Sumatra's Oostkust, Amsterdam, 1928, printed by Roeloffzen & Hubner. Very fine copy.

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