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Rudolf Bonnet (1895-1978) 'Portrait of Ni Radji', signed and dated Bali '52 lower right, red chalk on paper. H. 22.5 cm. W. 17.5 cm. Provenance: Petra Vandiver (1911-1992). She was married with Marion Vandiver(1913–1991) an important man in the history of Garuda Indonesia. Mr. Vandiver graduated from the Dallas Aviation School. He was representing the Link Blind-Flying Instrument Co. in Paris at the time the German army occupied Paris in 1940. He was interned there, but escaped in 1941 to Portugal and returned to the United States. He became a test pilot for Lockheed Aircraft in California and a Director of Scandinavian Airlines in Stockholm, Sweden. During this period, the I.C.A.O. Division of the United Nations, asked him to organize and establish Garuda Airlines in Indonesia. The Vandivers lived seven years in Indonesia and were friends of Rudolf Bonnet. Later Mr. Vandiver became Far Eastern Representative for Lockheed Aircraft, based in Hong Kong. At the end of her live Madam Vandiver moved to Stockholm.

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