Modern and Contemporary Art

Timed Online Auction, 2 - 12 June 2023

Impression/Expression

Sold for

ZAR 7 035
Lot 171
  • Sam Nhlengethwa; Ode to Charles Mingus
  • Sam Nhlengethwa; Ode to Charles Mingus
  • Sam Nhlengethwa; Ode to Charles Mingus


Lot Estimate
ZAR 6 000 - 8 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 7 035

About this Item

South African 1955-
Ode to Charles Mingus

signed, dated '94, numbered 14/30, inscribed with the title in pencil in the margin and embossed with the Mark Attwood chopmark

colour lithograph on paper
image size: 59,5 by 39,5cm; 107 by 87 by 3cm including frame

Notes

Charles Mingus (1922–1979) was an American jazz musician. His work integrated "loosely composed passages with improvised solos" and as a double bassist, pianist, composer and bandleader, he "both shaped and transcended jazz trends of the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s".

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Mingus

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