Pretoria Sale: Modern and Contemporary Art

Live Virtual Auction, 21 July 2024

Session 1

Sold for

ZAR 35 175
Lot 174
  • Mostaff Muchawaya; Untitled Portrait (Pink)
  • Mostaff Muchawaya; Untitled Portrait (Pink)
  • Mostaff Muchawaya; Untitled Portrait (Pink)


Lot Estimate
ZAR 30 000 - 50 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 35 175
Location
Johannesburg

About this Item

Zimbabwean 1981-
Untitled Portrait (Pink)
oil on canvas laid down on board
98,5 by 69cm excluding frame; 107 by 77 by 4cm including frame

Provenance

Acquired from the artist's studio, Zimbabwe, 2023.

Notes

"Muchawaya’s energetic signature style involves the application and erasure of multiple layers of vividly colored paint. Once dry, each generous application of paint is then scraped in parts or removed from the canvas. Household cleaning agents and paint chips from derelict walls are also used to give the impression of erosion. Paint chips from prior works are added to the richly textured surface. Each new piece is thus also part of an old one, creating a very personal sense of continuity throughout his work."

1. https://www.duendeartprojects.com/artists/73-mostaff-muchawaya/overview/, accessed 3 July 2024.

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