Important South African Paintings, Furniture, Silver, Ceramics and Glass

Live Auction, 7 March 2011

Paintings
  • Moses Kottler; The Thinker


Lot Estimate
ZAR 80 000 - 100 000

About this Item

South African 1892-1977
The Thinker

the second of two casts

bronze
height: 65,5cm

Notes

Of the eight Johannesburg Public Library figures, that of Philosophy differs from the others in that it bears no attribute but is based on Rodin's Thinker.   According to Ute Ben Yosef (p 47) "Kottler felt pleased with this piece and made a reduced bronze copy with a simulated architectural background".

Literature

Ute Ben Yosef, The Graven Image: The Life and Work of Moses Kottler, Cape Town, 1989. catalogue no 23, p 73, (illustration of the other cast)

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