Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art

Live Virtual Auction, 5 - 6 April 2022

Figuration: Past and Present
  • Maggie Laubser; Portrait of a Girl wearing a Head Scarf
  • Maggie Laubser; Portrait of a Girl wearing a Head Scarf
  • Maggie Laubser; Portrait of a Girl wearing a Head Scarf


Lot Estimate
ZAR 30 000 - 50 000

About this Item

South African 1886-1973
Portrait of a Girl wearing a Head Scarf

signed; a letter from the artist to Vanna Janse van Rensburg affixed to the reverse

charcoal on paper
37,5 by 28,5cm excluding frame; 59,5 by 45,5 by 1,5cm including frame

Provenance

Gifted to the current owner's mother-in-law, Vanna Janse van Rensburg (nee Verster), by the artist. Vanna was Maggie Laubser's god-daughter as her mother, Bettie Verster, and the artist were good friends.

Literature

Dalene Marais (1994) Maggie Laubser: Her Paintings, Drawings and Graphics, Johannesburg: Perskor, illustrated in black and white on page 360, catalogue number 1593.

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