Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Asian Arts, Jewellery and Wine
Online-Only Auction, 6 - 14 April 2020
Prints, Multiples and Works on Paper
Lot Estimate
ZAR 18 000 - 24 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 18 760
About this Item
German/South African 1931-2020
Nelson Mandela's return to his cell on Robben Island IV
1994
embossed with the artist's copyright credit stamp in the margin; stamped with the artist's copyright stamp on the reverse
silver gelatin print
image size: 14 by 21,5cm; sheet size: 19 by 25cm, unframed
Notes
Signed by Nelson Mandela
Jurgen Schadeberg photographed Nelson Mandela from 1952 to 2013. This photograph of Mandela looking through the bars of his Robben Island cell in 1994 was voted as one of the 50 most memorable images of the 20th century by The Photographers Gallery in London.
Provenance
Agon Sportsworld, Cologne, Germany, 1 June 2012, lot 133.
Private Collection, South Africa.