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Louis Maqhubela

South African 1939-2021 


Maqhubela was a member of Durant Sihlali’s weekend artists group and studied under Cecil Skotnes and Sydney Kumalo at the Polly Street Art Centre in Johannesburg while still at school. He worked as a commercial artist and created paintings and mosaics in hospitals, schools, halls and public buildings in and around Soweto. He received a return air ticket to Europe after winning first prize in the Adler Fielding Gallery’s annual ‘Artists of Fame and Promise’ exhibition in 1966. His encounter with Douglas Portway in St Ives, Cornwall, proved to be a meeting of minds that had a powerful impact on the subsequent work of both artists.


39 lots offered      74.36% sold      ZAR 716 500
 

  Including Premium and VAT Results include Buyer's Premium and VAT
Louis Maqhubela; Figure and Bird
4 Jun 2018
Sold for ZAR 20 484
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Louis Maqhubela; Wood Collectors
9 Apr 2017
Sold for ZAR 44 498
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Louis Maqhubela; Abstract
18 Jul 2016
Sold for ZAR 14 052
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Louis Maqhubela; Composition with Goat
16 Mar 2015
Sold for ZAR 47 746
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Louis Maqhubela; Composition with Cockerel, Dog, Figure and Fish
30 Jun 2014
Sold for ZAR 22 736
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Louis Maqhubela; Figure with Doves
30 Jun 2014
Sold for ZAR 31 831
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Louis Maqhubela; Metro Train through a Township
23 Apr 2014
Sold for ZAR 14 052
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Louis Maqhubela; Abstract
23 Apr 2014
Sold for ZAR 4 684
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Louis Maqhubela; A Township Scene
15 Nov 2013
ZAR 18 000 - 24 000
 
Louis Maqhubela; Wood Collectors
11 Nov 2013
ZAR 18 000 - 24 000
 
Louis Maqhubela; The Couple
11 Nov 2013
Sold for ZAR 96 628
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Louis Maqhubela; Symbolic Figures, Animals and Forms
21 Oct 2013
Sold for ZAR 22 736
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT