Important South African Art

Live Auction, 16 May 2011

Session Two
  • George Milwa Mnyaluza Pemba; The Dream II


Lot Estimate
ZAR 300 000 - 400 000

About this Item

South African 1912-2001
The Dream II

signed and dated 85; inscribed with the title on a label on the reverse

oil on board
43,5 by 61,5cm excluding frame

Notes

"The painting is one of a series of works by Pemba illustrating the story of Nonquase, the Xhosa woman whose prophecy resulted in the virtual suicide of the Xhosa Nation. This was painted sometime after Pemba wrote the musical play which was undoubtedly inspired by HE Dhlomo's play "The girl who killed to save." Sarah Huddleston, Pemba: Against all Odds, Jonathan Ball Publishers, Johannesburg, 1996, page 144.

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