Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art
Online-Only Auction, 14 - 25 April 2022
South African Art at the Venice Biennale
About the SessionThis Venice Biennale-themed session in Strauss & Co's April online-only auction is timed to coincide with the launch of the 59th edition of the Venice Biennale in late April, and Strauss & Co’s sponsorship of the African Art in Venice Forum 2022 at Hotel Monaco & Grand Canal on 20 and 21 April. This session divulges the history of the Venice Biennale and South African art, as the art world converges on Venice. South Africa first became part of the Venice Biennale more than seventy years ago. The cordial relationship between Italy and South Africa over this period has nurtured international support for artists and art organisations in this country and continues to develop today.
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About this Item
signed and dated '20
Notes
"The pose of the nude woman is typical of life studies from the Slade at this time as can be seen from the photographs in Laubser's anatomy book (Spielmann, 1913: 7). The tight drawing and carefully graded shading relate to her early Slade drawing style [...]."1
1. Dalene Marais (1994) Maggie Laubser: Her Paintings, Drawings and Graphics. Johannesburg and Cape Town: Perskor, page 100.
Maggie Laubser exhibited at the Venice Biennale, South African Pavilion in 1952.
Provenance
Purchased from the artist in 1970 by Mrs D Froneman, Strand.
Private Collection.
Literature
Dalene Marais (1994) Maggie Laubser: Her Paintings, Drawings and Graphics. Johannesburg and Cape Town: Perskor, illustrated in black and white on page 100, catalogue number 51.
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