Modern and Contemporary Art: Namibian Horizons

Timed Online Auction, 26 April - 8 May 2023

Namibian Horizons
About the Session

Strauss & Co is excited to present a special focus that celebrates Namibian landscape art. The auction presents a rare opportunity for art collectors to own a piece of Namibia's natural beauty through a stunning collection of extraordinary and pristine Namibian landscape paintings and other subjects by Namibian artists. The auction will showcase a diverse range of artworks, including oil paintings, watercolours, and works on paper.

Visitors can view the paintings at a special preview exhibition Monday to Friday, 10 am to 5 pm at the Strauss & Co Cape Town office, Brickfield Canvas, Brickfield Road, Woodstock.


Sold for

ZAR 4 925
Lot 127
  • John Muafangejo; Three Girls are Stamping the Corn in Ovambo
  • John Muafangejo; Three Girls are Stamping the Corn in Ovambo


Lot Estimate
ZAR 4 000 - 6 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 4 925

About this Item

Namibian 1943-1987
Three Girls are Stamping the Corn in Ovambo

signed, dated 1980 and numbered 40/100 in pencil in the margin and inscribed with the title in the block

linocut on paper
image size: 34 by 31,5cm; sheet size: 41,5 by 61cm, unframed

Provenance

Acquired from the artist, thence by descent to the current owner.

Literature

Alan Crump and Olga Levinson (1988) John Muafangejo (1943-1987), Johannesburg: Standard Bank and the 1820 Foundation, another impression from the edition illustrated, cat. no. 43.

Orde Levinson (ed) (1992) I was Lonelyness: The Complete Graphic Works of John Muafangejo, A Catalogue Raisonné 1968–1987, Cape Town: Struik Winchester, another impression from the edition illustrated on page 180, cat. no. 158.

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