Evening Sale
Live Virtual Auction, 12 November 2024
Evening Sale
Lot Estimate
ZAR 120 000 - 160 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 257 950
Location
Johannesburg
About this Item
South African 1941-2013
Yokohama Rooster III
signed and dated '10; inscribed with the title on the stretcher; inscribed with the artist's name, the date and the title on a label adhered to the reverse
oil on canvas
100 by 98,5cm excluding frame; 131,5 by 130 by 8cm including frame
Literature
"I once enquired whether he had ever considered poultry as a subject … True to form, he came up with something quite different: a remarkable series of canvases emerged, of single cockerels. Each grand creature strutted atop a wall, with that singular blend of brainlessness and heroic stance, the whole in a wildly decorative rendering that gives the pictures an immediate and lasting impact."
Guy Graf van Moy