Modern and Contemporary Art
Timed Online Auction, 6 - 13 March 2023
Impression/Expression
Lot Estimate
ZAR 20 000 - 30 000
About this Item
South African 1913-1994
River Arno
signed and dated 44; inscribed with the title and with artwork annotation on a strip of paper adhered to the reverse
oil on canvas
39 by 48,5cm excluding frame; 48,5 by 58,5 by 4,5cm including frame
Notes
The artwork annotation reads:
"PAINTING BY FRANCOIS KRIGE. Snow-covered Appenine Mountain, Northern Italy. During the South African military campaign (1943-45) Francois was employed as a war artist by the Information Department and was campaigning in company of War Correspondent Jacques Botha. An overnight stop was arranged on the bank of the Arno River, where a tent was erected for Jacques and Francois. The artist decided to paint this scene on the way to Florence."
Provenance
Estate Late Eugen Manfred Pezold.
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