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Trevor Coleman

South African 1936-2023 


Trevor Coleman studied first at the Johannesburg Technical College of Art and later at the Central School of Art and Design in London. He is well known as a colourist and revels in the spatial dynamics and optical vibrations that result from juxtapositions and layering of intense, saturated colour. In the 1960s, experimentation with acrylic paint produced hard-edged ‘scientific’ abstracts, frequently on geometrically complex, shaped, canvases. Extensive travel in Africa, the Mediterranean, and India produced vibrant flat fields of vivid reds, hot oranges, fuchsia pinks, azure blues and emerald greens in the semi-figurative ‘picture postcard’ compositions familiar to Johannesburg gallery-goers in the 1970s and beyond. More recently, Coleman has revisited his early interest in anthropology and archaeology, with soft-edged, gently atmospheric abstracts that suggest layer upon layer of cultural history and the passage of deep geological time.


113 lots offered      57.52% sold      ZAR 902 954
 

  Including Premium and VAT Results include Buyer's Premium and VAT
Trevor Coleman; Organic Abstract I
10 Feb 2025
Starting at ZAR 3 000
Trevor Coleman; Organic Abstract III
10 Feb 2025
Starting at ZAR 3 000
Trevor Coleman; Organic Abstract IV
10 Feb 2025
Starting at ZAR 3 000
Trevor Coleman; Xanadu
10 Feb 2025
Starting at ZAR 14 000
Trevor Coleman; Blue Curve
10 Feb 2025
Starting at ZAR 4 000
Trevor Coleman; Interlock II
2 Dec 2024
Sold for ZAR 8 208
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Trevor Coleman; Abstract
12 Aug 2024
Sold for ZAR 35 175
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Trevor Coleman; Namib I
10 Jun 2024
Sold for ZAR 10 553
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Trevor Coleman; Bare Landscape
10 Jun 2024
Sold for ZAR 9 967
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Trevor Coleman; Organic Abstract I
10 Jun 2024
ZAR 8 000 - 12 000
 
Trevor Coleman; Organic Abstract II
10 Jun 2024
Sold for ZAR 9 380
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Trevor Coleman; Organic Abstract III
10 Jun 2024
ZAR 8 000 - 12 000