Important South African and International Art

Live Auction, 12 November 2018

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ZAR 136 560
Lot 237
  • Sydney Kumalo; Hugging Nude
  • Sydney Kumalo; Hugging Nude
  • Sydney Kumalo; Hugging Nude


Lot Estimate
ZAR 150 000 - 200 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 136 560

About this Item

South African 1935-1988
Hugging Nude
signed
bronze on a granite base
height: 33,5cm

Notes

One of three casts produced by Grosvenor Gallery, London, cast by Fiorini and Carney, all unnumbered. Thanks to Gavin Watkins for assistance with cataloguing information.

Exhibited

Grosvenor Gallery, 12 July – 6 August 1966, catalogue number 22.

Grosvenor Gallery, 20th Century Sculpture: Archipenko to Reddy, 6 – 22 June 2007, catalogue number 22 (edition 3/10).

Literature

Walter Battiss (1967). 'A New African Art in SA', Optima, March, illustrated.

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