Gerard Pieter Adolfs (1898-1968)‘Feeding the rooster, Madura’ (‘Utfodring av tupp, Madoera’), 1947, signed lower left, signed again and dated on the verso; numbered No. 12 and titled ‘Utfodring av tupp, Madoera’ on the stretcher, oil on canvas. H. 50 cm. W. 60 cm. In the original frame by the artist. Literature: Borntraeger-Stoll, E., Orsini, G., ‘Gerard Pieter Adolfs, The Painter of Java and Bali’, Wijk & Aalburg, 2008; the preparatory sketch* for this painting is illustrated on p. 352. Exhibited: Hultbergs Konsthandel, Stockholm, Sweden, October 16-30, 1948, No. 12, as ‘Utfodring av tupp, Madoera’. Provenance: - sold at the above Stockholm exhibition, October 1948, to the former owner; - thence by descent, private collection, Sweden; - private collection, granddaughter of the artist, Switzerland.