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Eleanor Esmonde-White

South African 1914-2007 


Eleanor Esmonde-White grew up in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, and was awarded a scholarship to study art at the Natal University College (later University of KwaZulu-Natal) in Durban. In her second year of study, she was awarded the Herbert Baker Scholarship to the Royal College of Art, and along with fellow South African artist Leroux Smith Leroux, was granted a commission to paint murals for South Africa House in London. Esmonde-White returned to South Africa after WWII and established the department of Design at Michaelis Art School at the University of Cape Town. She taught wood engraving, mosaic and mural painting in egg tempera. She exhibited with the New Group and was chosen to represent South Africa at the Venice Biennial in 1956 and in São Paolo in 1957. Esmonde-White is most renowned for her numerous large-scale tapestries, mosaics and murals in corporate buildings, theatres, educational institutions and civic buildings.


94 lots offered      68.09% sold      ZAR 4 694 779
 

  Including Premium and VAT Results include Buyer's Premium and VAT
Eleanor Esmonde-White; Lovers
29 Mar 2021
Sold for ZAR 2 932
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Eleanor Esmonde-White; Washing Day in Greece
8 Nov 2020
ZAR 150 000 - 200 000
 
Eleanor Esmonde-White; Olive Pickers, Corfu
8 Nov 2020
Sold for ZAR 227 600
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Eleanor Esmonde-White; Jansje Wissema's House, Cape Town
19 Oct 2020
ZAR 8 000 - 12 000
 
Eleanor Esmonde-White; Mother and Child
26 Jul 2020
ZAR 200 000 - 300 000
 
Eleanor Esmonde-White; Three Women Singing and Dancing
26 Jul 2020
Sold for ZAR 68 280
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Eleanor Esmonde-White; Reclining Nude
10 May 2020
ZAR 60 000 - 80 000
 
Eleanor Esmonde-White; Woman with Children
10 May 2020
Sold for ZAR 91 040
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Eleanor Esmonde-White; A Group of Women
10 May 2020
ZAR 120 000 - 160 000
 
Eleanor Esmonde-White; Woman
15 Jul 2019
Sold for ZAR 4 690
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Eleanor Esmonde-White; Hanging the Washing
15 Jul 2019
Sold for ZAR 12 898
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Eleanor Esmonde-White; Women Harvesting
8 Apr 2019
Sold for ZAR 5 863
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT

Results in green indicate post sales.