The President, Vice-President and other leaders being transported at Maguwo airport to be exiled to Sumatra

Mohammad Toha Adimidjojo, 1948-12-19 - 1949-06-30

Second police action at Yogyakarta, Mohammad Toha, 1949. Mohammad Toha was 11 when the Dutch army occupied his native Yogyakarta during the second police action. He was one of a group of schoolchildren who recorded the events in the town in sketches on paper under the direction of the artist Dullah. This was an act of subversion and had to be kept secret. Toha pretended to be a cigarette vendor accompanied by his mother. In fact he kept his painting equipment in his cigarette box. He made sketches on scraps of paper and painted the final versions at home.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberNG-1998-7-16
  • Dimensionsheight 17.1 cm x width 24.2 cm
  • Physical characteristicsolieverf op hardboard

Identification

  • Title(s)

    The President, Vice-President and other leaders being transported at Maguwo airport to be exiled to Sumatra

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-1998-7-16

  • Description

    De president, de vice-president en andere leiders worden vervoerd naar vliegveld Maguwo om verbannen te worden naar Sumatra, na een week te hebben vastgezeten in het presidentieel paleis. Kinderschilderij van een stoet van jeeps met toekijkende soldaat die een foto neemt. Tweede militaire actie, 22 december 1948.


Creation

  • Creation

    painter: Mohammad Toha Adimidjojo, Jogjakarta

  • Dating

    1948-12-19 - 1949-06-30

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    olieverf op hardboard

  • Dimensions

    height 17.1 cm x width 24.2 cm


This work is about

  • Subject

  • Place


Acquisition and rights

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1998-09-08

  • Copyright

    Erven Mohammad Toha Adimidjojo


Documentation

    • Cat. tent. Pameran Lukisan dokumenter perang kemerdekaan : Paintings in War of Freedom exhibition, Jakarta (Erasmus Huis) 1992 (25 maart-4 april), cat.nr. 26.
    • J.P. Sigmond, 'Oorlog en revolutie : Indonesische kindertekeningen uit Djokjakarta 1948-1949 als historische bron', Armamentaria (1991) nr. 27, p. 97-106.
    • Documentatiemap: kopie artikel Sigmond 1991; Cat. tent. 1992; foto's Mohammad Toha op jonge leeftijd en latere leeftijd; zwart-wit foto's tekeningen collectie.

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