Modern and Contemporary Art with a focus on The Fairest Cape

Online-Only Auction, 23 - 28 November 2022

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Works on Paper and Prints and Multiples
  • Alexander Rose-Innes; A Couple at a Pub
  • Alexander Rose-Innes; A Couple at a Pub
  • Alexander Rose-Innes; A Couple at a Pub


Lot Estimate
ZAR 25 000 - 50 000

About this Item

South African 1915-1996
A Couple at a Pub

signed

pastel on paper
60,5 by 48cm excluding frame; 107 by 93 by 3,5cm including frame

Notes

"His pub paintings – preferably in pastels which enable him to exploit the subtle nuances of colour to the upmost – are studies of atmosphere, depicting smoke-filled air, the glistening of multi-coloured drinks in glasses, the bonhomie, the gestures and non-verbal interaction of the patrons, the coquetry of the women – and often the loneliness in the eyes that gives the lie to the presumption of happiness in togetherness." —Martin Bekker, 19911

1. Martin Bekker (1991) The Art of Alexander Rose-Innes, Johannesburg: Perskor, page 34. 

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