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Live Virtual Auction, 7 - 9 November 2022
Three Robs: Artist, Collaborator, Friend
Lot Estimate
ZAR 150 000 - 200 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 170 700
About this Item
South African 1920-2010
The New Manager of the Old Works
signed, dated 2007, and inscribed with the artist's name and the title on the reverse
oil on canvas
60 by 60cm excluding frame; 62,5 by 62,5 by 6,5cm including frame
Notes
I see the suit as such an odd thing. It is a kind of signal to whoever looks at the person, the suit. I am a businessman it says, you will take me seriously; you are not in a suit therefore I will not take you seriously. It is also an armour. I had a temptation – which I am sure I will not give in to – to make a painting where in one half you see the businessman in his suit and in the other half you see him in his underpants or bathing costume looking flabby and naked against this suit of armour.’ – Robert Hodgins
Provenance
Estate Late Robert Hodgins.
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