Modern, Post War and Contemporary Art
Live Auction, 11 November 2019
Session One
Lot Estimate
ZAR 350 000 - 500 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 569 000
About this Item
South African 1942-
The Debt II
signed; signed and inscribed with the title and '2276' on the reverse
oil on canvas
90 by 120cm excluding frame
Notes
The present lot is the second of three paintings in one of John Meyer's 'sequential narratives' – series of three paintings of moments in the lives of the protagonists that are just seconds apart, like three frames in a movie. These images present us "with strikingly real illusions, all distinctly familiar, yet ultimately invented. They are imagined archetypes rather than specific events ... exploring the complex currents of human relationships".1
1. https://www.everard-read-capetown.co.za/artist/JOHN_MEYER/biography/.
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