Modern, Post-War, Contemporary Art and Wine
Online-Only Auction, 16 - 23 August 2021
Paintings
Lot Estimate
ZAR 40 000 - 50 000
Location
Johannesburg
About this Item
South African 1934-1989
Pachipamwe No 5
dated July 1989 and inscribed with the artist's name and the title on the reverse
mixed media with acrylic gel on canvas
164 by 168 by 4,5cm, unframed
Notes
The word ‘pachipamwe’ is a Shona greeting when two people are reunited. It was also the name of a series of artist workshops that Ainslie attended in Zimbabwe in the 1980s.
Exhibited
The Bag Factory, Johannesburg, Controversial Ways of Seeing, 23 September to 7 October 2014.
Literature
Pat Williams (1990) Last Paintings by Bill Ainslie 1934–1989, Johannesburg: African Arts Trust and Gencor Development Fund, illustrated in colour on page 7.
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