Strauss & co Staff Picks: Modern and Contemporary Art

Online-Only Auction, 26 September - 3 October 2022

Staff Picks

Sold for

ZAR 9 380
Lot 8
  • Mark D Phillips; Still Life with Vase of Chrysanthemums and Irises
  • Mark D Phillips; Still Life with Vase of Chrysanthemums and Irises
  • Mark D Phillips; Still Life with Vase of Chrysanthemums and Irises


Lot Estimate
ZAR 3 000 - 5 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 9 380

About this Item

Australian 1951-
Still Life with Vase of Chrysanthemums and Irises

signed and dated '96

oil on board
46,5 by 50,5cm excluding frame; 57,5 by 61 by 3,5cm including frame

Notes

Staff Pick:

Kayleen Wrigley, Valuations Department: " I love the pointillist manner in which this work has been rendered. I am a keen scholar of floriography – the Victorian-era language of flowers. Decoding the bouquet in this composition we find yellow chrysanthemums representing happiness and joy, interspersed with irises symbolising faith, hope, courage, wisdom, and admiration. What a jolly display!"

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