Modern and Contemporary Art: Evening Sale
Live Virtual Auction, 7 November 2023
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About this Item
signed; inscribed with the artist's name and 'Kraanvöels' on a Pretoria Art Museum label adhered to the reverse
Notes
Bird forms and scenes with birds are a leitmotif in Maggie’s oeuvre. This consequently formed an important part of her decision to return on a more regular basis to a more figurative approach and simplified depiction of the natural reality around her. These themes or motifs, however, remain richly imaginative images from memory. They derive from her experience of the family farms, first Bloublommetjieskloof and later Oortmanspost…
- Muller Ballot
Literature
Dalene Marais (1994) Maggie Laubser: Her Paintings, Drawings and Graphics. Johannesburg and Cape Town: Perskor, illustrated in black and white on page 280, cat. no. 1102.