Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts and Wine
Online-Only Auction, 16 - 23 November 2020
Prints and Multiples
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About this Item
signed, dated 2010 and numbered 7/22 in pencil in the margin
Notes
The present lot reinterprets an original 1981 South African Women's Day poster design by Judy Seidman for Medu by changing the text from "You have dislodged a boulder; You will be crushed" to "You have dislodged a boulder; You will be president".
Literature
South African History Archive (1991) Images of Defiance: South African Resistance Posters of the 1980s, Johannesburg: Ravan Press, the Seidman work that Murray has reinterpreted in the present lot is illustrated in colour on page 11 as figure 15.
Judy Seidman (2007) Red on Black: The Story of the South African Poster Movement, Johannesburg: STE Publishers and South African History Archives (SAHA), the Seidman work that Murray has reinterpreted in the present lot is illustrated in colour on page 122.
Clive Kellner and Sergio-Albo González (2009) Thami Mnyele and Medu Art Ensemble Retrospective, Johannesburg: Jacana, the Seidman work that Murray has reinterpreted in the present lot is illustrated in colour on page 111.