Strauss & co Staff Picks: Modern and Contemporary Art

Online-Only Auction, 26 September - 3 October 2022

Staff Picks
  • Robert Broadley; Nude in the Sun
  • Robert Broadley; Nude in the Sun
  • Robert Broadley; Nude in the Sun


Lot Estimate
ZAR 8 000 - 12 000

About this Item

South African 1908-1988
Nude in the Sun

signed; inscribed with the artist name, the title and dated 1974 on the reverse 

oil on canvas laid down on board
34,5 by 44,5cm excluding frame; 47,5 by 58 by 4,5cm including frame

Notes

Staff Picks:

 

Mia Borman, Marketing Manager: "The nude has always been a painter’s obsession. Some of history’s most impactful paintings depict the female nude. From Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus and Manet’s Olympia, to Modigliani’s Reclining Nude and Henri Matisse’s Blue Nude (Souvenir de Biskra). Broadley’s contemporary nude bathing in the sun brings me so much joy - painted in the warm nostalgic colours of the 70s. I admire her peaceful disposition; comfortable in her skin and soaking in the summer light." 

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