September ART

Timed Online Auction, 30 August - 9 September 2024

Art Club

Sold for

ZAR 21 105
Lot 9
  • Lawrence van Niekerk; Figure in Uniform
  • Lawrence van Niekerk; Figure in Uniform
  • Lawrence van Niekerk; Figure in Uniform


Lot Estimate
ZAR 12 000 - 16 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 21 105

About this Item

South African 1976-
Figure in Uniform

signed and dated 2002

oil on canvas
120 by 159,5cm excluding frame; 135 by 174,5 by 8cm including frame

Notes

Van Niekerk has commented that, ‘Portraiture is meaningful in that you engage directly with other people and learn something of their lives and circumstances’, but at the same time he observes that ‘painting portraits is very abstract – how much can you really know about somebody?’

http://archive.stevenson.info/exhibitions/dec2004/item32.htm

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