Johannesburg Auction Week
Live Virtual Auction, 16 - 17 May 2022
Evening Sale
Lot Estimate
ZAR 400 000 - 600 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 455 200
About this Item
South African 1946-1998
The Eduard Bohlen – Tidal Pools 1934
signed and dated 84; inscribed with the artist's name and 'Namib' on the reverse
oil on canvas
94 by 121cm excluding frame; 116 by 143 by 4cm including frame
Notes
The Eduard Bohlen was a German cargo ship that ran aground in thick fog at Conception Bay on the Skeleton Coast of Namibia (formerly South West Africa) in 1909. It had been on a voyage from Swakopmund to Cape Town.
Literature
David Robbins (2000) Keith Alexander: The Artist in Retrospect, Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, illustrated in colour on page 216.
Other lots that might interest you
Woman on a Donkey with Goats
ZAR 40 000 - 60 000
Last Light
ZAR 600 000 - 800 000
The Gentle Spring
ZAR 200 000 - 300 000
Head in Profile
ZAR 200 000 - 250 000
Encounter
ZAR 200 000 - 300 000
