Modern and Contemporary Art with a focus on The Fairest Cape

Online-Only Auction, 23 - 28 November 2022

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Editions
About the Session

The mouth-watering selection of prints and multiples that are on this current sale should have great appeal, from the collectors of a particular artist, for example Robert Hodgins, to the fledgling collectors looking for a way to enter the art market without having to spend a fortune.   


Sold for

ZAR 4 690
Lot 106
  • Robert Hodgins; Harlequin/Mae West
  • Robert Hodgins; Harlequin/Mae West


Lot Estimate
ZAR 4 000 - 6 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 4 690

About this Item

South African 1920-2010
Harlequin/Mae West

signed at the top and bottom, dated '07, numbered AP I/II, inscribed with the title in the margin and embossed with the Timothy Foulds Print Studio chopmark

colour spitbite etching on paper
plate size: 17,5 by 14cm; sheet size: 34 by 27cm, unframed

Notes

The work is an optical illusion of two portraits in one, and can be viewed upside down. 

Literature

Anthea Buys (ed.) (2012) A Lasting Impression: The Robert Hodgins Print Archive, Johannesburg: Wits Art Museum. Another example from this edition is illustrated in colour on page 277.

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