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 17 588
Lot 96
  • Robert Hodgins; La Contessa Venomosa
  • Robert Hodgins; La Contessa Venomosa
  • Robert Hodgins; La Contessa Venomosa


Lot Estimate
ZAR 15 000 - 20 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 17 588

About this Item

South African 1920-2010
La Contessa Venomosa

signed, dated '02, numbered 60/60 and inscribed with the title in pencil in the margin

lithograph on paper
image size: 49,5 by 68,5cm; sheet size: 57 by 76cm; 89,5 by 106 by 4cm including frame

Provenance

Artthrob, 11 June 2007. 

Private Collection. 

Literature

Anthea Buys (ed) (2012) A Lasting Impression: The Robert Hodgins Print Archive, Johannesburg: Wits Art Museum, another example from the edition illustrated in colour on page 35 and 274. 

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