African Lion: John Muafangejo Works from The Orde Levinson Collection

Online-Only Auction, 23 April - 3 May 2021

A Beautiful Ovamboland

Sold for

ZAR 19 933
Lot 29
  • John Muafangejo; Death of a Chief: Mandume
  • John Muafangejo; Death of a Chief: Mandume
  • John Muafangejo; Death of a Chief: Mandume
  • John Muafangejo; Death of a Chief: Mandume
  • John Muafangejo; Death of a Chief: Mandume


Lot Estimate
ZAR 15 000 - 20 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 19 933

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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