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 397 880
Lot 578
  • Robert Hodgins; Raconteur: As I said to Winnie at Yalta ...


Lot Estimate
ZAR 350 000 - 450 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 397 880

About this Item

South African 1920-2010
Raconteur: As I said to Winnie at Yalta ...

signed, dated 2007 and inscribed with the title and the medium on the reverse

oil on canvas
60 by 49cm excluding frame

Notes

Hodgins’ tongue-in-cheek title refers to the Yalta Conference in 1945 when Winston Churchill, Franklin D Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin met to discuss the post-war re-organisation of Europe. The nickname, implying a jocular tone and a certain camaraderie between the leaders, belies the underlying tensions and hidden agendas between these leaders at the end of World War II and on the eve of the Cold War.

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