Important South African and International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 5 March 2018
Art: Evening Sale
Lot Estimate
ZAR 80 000 - 100 000USD 4 181 - 5 227
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 90 944
About this Item
South African 1941-
Leopard
signed and numbered 4/6
bronze with a brown patina
70 by 143cm excluding frame
Notes
"This sculpture was produced after a rare encounter with a female leopard in the wild. David was accompanied on his visit by an experienced tracker. Here he describes his experience: 'We tracked her for about two and a half hours. Our tracker realised she was heading round a koppie (hill) so he rushed us to the top of the koppie to a shelf of rock where we lay in wait. After two and a half hours this animal walked right under us! The leopard is such a regal creature, truly inspiring.'" Jenny Tomlinson (the artist's wife), January 2018.