South African and International Art

Live Auction, 20 May 2013

Evening Sale

Sold for

ZAR 1 136 800
Lot 243
  • Irma Stern; Proteas


Lot Estimate
ZAR 1 000 000 - 1 500 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 1 136 800

About this Item

South African 1894-1966
Proteas

signed and dated 1924

oil on canvas
58,5cm by 48,5cm

Provenance

Rebecca Hourwich Reyher, Robinhood, Maine, by whom acquired directly from the artist in 1925

Westbrook College, Portland, Maine, by whom acquired from the above in 1976; ownership then passed to the University of New England with the merger of the College with the University in 1996

Exhibited

Ashbey's Art Gallery, Cape Town, Exhibition of Modern Art by Miss Irma Stern, February 1925, catalogue number 5

Westbrook College, Alexander Hall Gallery, Portland, Maine, Sinon-Reyher and Americana Collection, October to November 1978

University of New England, Portland, Maine, 2009

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