African Lion: John Muafangejo Works from The Orde Levinson Collection

Online-Only Auction, 23 April - 3 May 2021

A Beautiful Ovamboland

Sold for

ZAR 44 555
Lot 34
  • John Muafangejo; The Death of Chief Phillimon Elifas (blue)
  • John Muafangejo; The Death of Chief Phillimon Elifas (blue)
  • John Muafangejo; The Death of Chief Phillimon Elifas (blue)
  • John Muafangejo; The Death of Chief Phillimon Elifas (blue)
  • John Muafangejo; The Death of Chief Phillimon Elifas (blue)
  • John Muafangejo; The Death of Chief Phillimon Elifas (blue)
  • John Muafangejo; The Death of Chief Phillimon Elifas (blue)


Lot Estimate
ZAR 10 000 - 15 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 44 555

About this Item

Namibian 1943-1987
The Death of Chief Phillimon Elifas (blue)

signed, dated 1975 and numbered 5/100 in pencil in the margin; dated 1975 and inscribed with the title in the block

linocut
image size: 61 by 39cm; sheet size: 69 by 48,5cm, unframed

Provenance

Orde Levinson Collection.

Literature

Orde Levinson (1992) I was Lonelyness: The Complete Graphic Works of John Muafangejo, Cape Town: Struik, catalogue number 108.

Orde Levinson (2020) Visions of Love and Sorrow: The Art of John Muafangejo, Windhoek: Kuiseb, illustrated on page 133 as figure 104.

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