Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art
Live Virtual Auction, 17 - 18 May 2021
Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art
All images © Succession Peter Clarke | DALRO
Lot Estimate
ZAR 150 000 - 200 000USD 7 840 - 10 453
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 182 080
About this Item
South African 1929-2014
Train Passing through the Karoo
signed and dated 28.10.1963; inscribed with the title on the reverse of the work
mixed media on paper
27 by 38cm excluding frame; 47,5 by 58,5 by 4,5cm including frame
Notes
Although circumstances prevented Peter Clarke from extensive travel abroad, he was always acutely aware of international trends. He was drawn to German Expressionism and Japanese woodcuts, for instance, and he often leant heavily on the stylistic innovations of Diego Rivera and David Siqueiros. Looking at the present lot, a dreamy Karoo scene foregrounded by entangled, twinkling and wickedly sharp thorns, one might assume the influence of the great British visionaries, Samuel Palmer and Graham Sutherland (fig. 1).