When Diponegoro Shocked Sotheby's

The gavel was struck. The final auction bid made was HK$58.36 million (Rp85.7 billion), for Sudjojono's painting titled Pasukan Kita yang Dipimpin Pangeran Diponegoro (Our Troops Under the Command of Prince Diponegoro). Attendees to the auction on April 6 at Sotheby's Hong Kong were astounded by the figure. The piece created by Sudjojono in 1979 has fetched the highest price in the history of Indonesian art. It even broke the record for Southeast

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