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Christo Coetzee

South African 1929-2000 


Initialy a member of the famous Wits Group of artists, abstract artist Christo Coetzee left South Africa for the United Kingdom in the early 1950s. The late 1950s found him in Japan, studying with the Gutai group of post WWII avant-garde artists. He travelled to Paris, via New York, where he worked in the early 1960s. After a brief sojourn in Spain, Coetzee returned to South Africa in 1969. He is most famous for slashing his canvases during the opening of an exhibition in Cape Town in 1975 and then subsequently reassembling the pieces in a phenomenally creative manner.


399 lots offered      62.91% sold      ZAR 13 443 478
 

  Including Premium and VAT Results include Buyer's Premium and VAT
Christo Coetzee; Agememnon No. 58
30 Jul 2014
ZAR 10 000 - 15 000
 
Christo Coetzee; Phases of the Moon at Dusk No. 44
30 Jul 2014
ZAR 12 000 - 16 000
 
Christo Coetzee; Black Head
30 Jul 2014
Sold for ZAR 5 855
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Christo Coetzee; Abstract Composition
23 Apr 2014
ZAR 12 000 - 16 000
 
Christo Coetzee; Informal 2
23 Apr 2014
Sold for ZAR 7 612
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Christo Coetzee; Still Life with Apples in an Urn
17 Mar 2014
Sold for ZAR 45 472
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Christo Coetzee; Spanish Bride
17 Mar 2014
Sold for ZAR 31 831
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Christo Coetzee; Abstract Profile
15 Nov 2013
Sold for ZAR 8 139
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Christo Coetzee; Informal 2
15 Nov 2013
ZAR 6 000 - 8 000
 
Christo Coetzee; Malay Bride
15 Nov 2013
ZAR 10 000 - 15 000
 
Christo Coetzee; Portrait of George Sand
15 Nov 2013
ZAR 10 000 - 15 000
 
Christo Coetzee; Pink Rose
15 Nov 2013
ZAR 10 000 - 15 000