Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art
Online-Only Auction, 18 - 25 July 2022
1970s
Lot Estimate
ZAR 80 000 - 120 000
About this Item
South African 1938-2016
Four Kites
one signed; numbered 9, 10, 11 and 12 on the reverse
pencil on paper with collage, paint and gold leaf
each item size: length: 67cm; width: 45cm
Notes
These works are framed in custom-made frames designed by the artist.
Kites and balloons are images that have appeared in Judith Mason’s work over many years as metaphors for freedom and a release from the limitations of earthly confines. ‘I love kites’, the artist explains, ‘like birds, they fly and escape and you can say that they’re signs of spirituality … Every time I see [them], I get a terrific kick. You know, I feel my heart leap!’.1
1. Judith Mason, interview, transcribed in AA Landman (1987) Die Symbole in die Werk van Judith Mason-Attwood, unpublished MA dissertation, University of Pretoria, page 182.
Provenance
The artist's estate.
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