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All images © Succession Judith Mason | DALRO
Lot Estimate
ZAR 80 000 - 120 000
About this Item
South African 1938-2016
Four Kites
c.1970s
one signed; numbered 9, 10, 11 and 12 on the reverse
pencil on paper with collage, paint and gold leaf
each: 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 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 Judith Mason, interview, transcribed in AA Landman (1987) Die Symbole in die Werk van Judith Mason-Attwood, unpublished MA dissertation, University of Pretoria, page 182.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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