African Lion: John Muafangejo Works from The Orde Levinson Collection
Online-Only Auction, 23 April - 3 May 2021
A Beautiful Ovamboland
All images © The Estate of John Muafangejo (The John Muafangejo Trust). All rights reserved. DACS 2017
Lot Estimate
ZAR 15 000 - 20 000
Selling Price
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ZAR 19 933
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About this Item
Namibian 1943-1987
Death of a Chief: Mandume
stamped and numbered 4/9 in pencil in the margin by the executor of the artist's estate; inscribed with the title in the block
linocut
image size: 37 by 33cm; sheet size: 61 by 43cm, unframed
Provenance
Orde Levinson Collection.
Literature
Orde Levinson (1992) I was Lonelyness: The Complete Graphic Works of John Muafangejo, Cape Town: Struik, catalogue number 39.
Orde Levinson (2020) Visions of Love and Sorrow: The Art of John Muafangejo, Windhoek: Kuiseb, illustrated on page 50 as figure 14.
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