South African Art, Jewellery and Decorative Arts
Live Auction, 4 February 2013
Paintings Evening Sale
Lot Estimate
ZAR 150 000 - 250 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 245 080
About this Item
South African 1886-1973
Portrait of a Young Woman in a Blue Dress
signed and dated '20; signed and dated 1920 on the reverse
oil on canvas laid down on cardboard
34 by 28cm excluding frame
Provenance
Acquired from the artist ca. 1965 by Mrs M E Pretorius, Bloemfontein, gift to Mr D P Theron, Bloemfontein
Literature
Dalene Marais, Maggie Laubser: her paintings, drawings and graphics, Perskor Publishers, Johannesburg and Cape Town, 1994, page 142, catalogue number 291, illustrated (with the title Portrait of a Woman with Head Scarf in a Blue Dress)
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