Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art
Live Virtual Auction, 5 - 6 April 2022
Art: Evening Sale
Lot Estimate
ZAR 1 500 000 - 2 000 000
About this Item
South African 1894-1966
Still Life with Jar, Books and Oranges
signed and dated 1954
oil on canvas
47 by 57cm excluding frame; 73,5 by 83,5 by 4cm including frame
Notes
"…[Irma Stern] traveled all over SA, the Congo, Zanzibar, Turkey, Spain and many other parts of Europe; an insatiable collector, she filled her CT home with priceless treasures from the lands she visited - many appear as objects in her still-life paintings…"
- Esme Berman
Provenance
Acquired from the artist by the current owner's father-in-law, Nathan Sulcas.
The Pelham Sulcas Collection.
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