Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts, Jewellery and Wine

Online-Only Auction, 15 - 22 February 2021

Prints and Multiples

Sold for

ZAR 9 380
Lot 345
  • Judith Mason; Monkey Shrine, five
  • Judith Mason; Monkey Shrine, five
  • Judith Mason; Monkey Shrine, five
  • Judith Mason; Monkey Shrine, five
  • Judith Mason; Monkey Shrine, five
  • Judith Mason; Monkey Shrine, five
  • Judith Mason; Monkey Shrine, five
  • Judith Mason; Monkey Shrine, five
  • Judith Mason; Monkey Shrine, five


Lot Estimate
ZAR 8 000 - 12 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 9 380

About this Item

South African 1938-2016
Monkey Shrine, five

each signed (J Attwood), dated 84 and numbered AP 9/20 in pencil in the margin

colour photolithographs
sheet size: 65,5 by 49,5cm, unframed

Notes

'I made Monkey Shrine a vehicle for expressing as much of the pleasure as I could. Against such self-indulgence I have sought to describe the paradoxes of fear and pain and isolation, using repellent images which nevertheless convey dignity and pathos. In no way is any of this work satire, it is simply a set of metaphors which glance off each other.'1

1. Judith Mason (1989) Talking Pictures: A scrapbook with notes and comments, Broederstroom: Broederstroom Press, page 4.

Literature

Judith Mason (1989) Talking Pictures: A scrapbook with notes and comments, Broederstroom: Broederstroom Press, illustrated on pages 2 and 3, mentioned in text on pages 4 and 5.

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