Important South African & International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 10 October 2016
South African & International Art
Lot Estimate
ZAR 40 000 - 60 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
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ZAR 79 576
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About this Item
South African 1892-1977
Mapula
signed
bronze, on a marble base
height: 36,5cm excluding base, 39,5cm including base
Notes
According to Yosef (1989:102) the sculpture is dated 1957 and consists of five further casts, four in private collections and one in the Sanlam Collection, Cape Town.
Exhibited
Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg and SA National Art Gallery, Cape Town, Prestige Retrospective Exhibition, 1974-75, catalogue number 52.
Literature
U Ben Yosef. (1989) The Graven Image: The Life and Work of Moses Kottler, Johannesburg: Perskor. Illustrated on page 102, number 79.
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