Important South African & International Art, Jewellery and Decorative Arts

Live Auction, 12 October 2015

Important South African and International Art, Evening Sale

Sold for

ZAR 79 576
Lot 508
  • François Krige; Still Life with Quinces


Lot Estimate
ZAR 70 000 - 90 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 79 576

About this Item

South African 1913-1994
Still Life with Quinces

signed

oil on canvas
46 by 57cm excluding frame

Notes

Justin Fox. (2000) The life and art of Francois Krige, Vlaeberg: Fernwood. Another version of this subject is illustrated on page 113.

Krige's still-lifes are personal meditations and seem to invite introspection on the part of the viewer.  He appreciated fruit and flowers as the products of nature, and also humble, unadorned, traditional objects like earthenware jugs and bowls, often made by his wife or potter friend, Hym Rabinowitz, which he felt represented an admirable sense of craftsmanship and of rural domesticity.

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