C. 100 Sculptures
Timed Online Auction, 19 June - 5 July 2023
Session One
Lot Estimate
ZAR 80 000 - 120 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 164 150
About this Item
South African 1964-
Sitting Oriental Cat I (S101)
signed, dated 99 and numbered 4/15
bronze with a green patina, on a marble base
height: 40,5cm excluding base, 51cm including base; width: 16,5cm; depth: 24,5cm
Notes
Portrait of the artist's cat, Scarlatti, who became something of a celebrity at the time, appearing in several works.1
1 Laura Twiggs (2011) Dylan Lewis: Animal Bronzes 1989-2005: The Collector's Guide, Cape Town: Pardus, page 73.
Literature
Laura Twiggs (2011) Dylan Lewis: Animal Bronzes 1989-2005: The Collector's Guide, Cape Town: Pardus, another cast illustrated in colour on page 73, S101.
Everard Read (2005) Up Until Now: A collection of his finest works of the last decade, exhibition catalogue, Johannesburg: Everard Read Johannesburg, another cast from the edition illustrated in colour on page 5.
