Modern and Contemporary Art: Evening Sale
Live Virtual Auction, 7 November 2023
Evening
Lot Estimate
ZAR 2 000 000 - 3 000 000USD 104 554 - 156 831
About this Item
South African 1911-1975
Still Life with Lilies and Shell
signed and dated '48
oil on canvas laid down on board
50 by 60cm excluding frame; 74 by 83,5 by 8cm including frame
Notes
On the shelf were portrayed a number of the treasured objects that Alexis had begun to refer to as his Household Gods. Among them was the Persian vase that had been given to him by his mother. An accident had damaged the vase, breaking off parts of its rim, but there was no way in which Alexis would part with the sentimental object…
- Esmé Berman
