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About this Item
signed and dated 89; inscribed with the title on the reverse; inscribed with the artist’s name, the date and the title on a South African National Gallery label adhered to the reverse
Notes
In the 1950s George Pemba was photographed in discussion with the writer Alan Paton, who is best known for his novel Cry, the Beloved Country. In 1989 Pemba created this painting based on that photograph.
Provenance
Professor Francis Wilson, thence by decent.
Exhibited
South African National Gallery, George Pemba Retrospective Exhibition, 12 April 1996, cat. no. 113.
Literature
Barry Feinberg (2000) Painter of the People, Johannesburg: Viva Books, illustrated in colour on page 58.
South African National Gallery (1996) George Pemba Retrospective Exhibition, illustrated in black and white on page 78.
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