South African and International Art

Live Auction, 11 November 2013

Evening Sale

Sold for

ZAR 68 208
Lot 236
  • Judith Gluckman; Window


Lot Estimate
ZAR 50 000 - 70 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 68 208

About this Item

South African 1915-1961
Window

signed; signed and inscribed with the title on the reverse

oil on canvas
89,5 by 73,5cm excluding frame

Notes

The short-lived but gregarious Judith Gluckman, who died aged forty-six in 1961, was once a prominent figure, principally in Johannesburg and Pretoria art circles. Although physically imposing, she suffered from continuous bouts of poor health. Gluckman was known for her life-long friendship with Alexis Preller. The two studied and worked together in Paris before returning to South Africa shortly before the outbreak of WW2.

It was after Gluckman returned from Paris in 1938 that she befriended Gerard Sekoto whom she taught to use oil paints.1

1 http://www.revisions.co.za/biographies/judith-gluckman/#.UkP99bUaKUk

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