South African Art, Jewellery and Decorative Arts
Live Auction, 8 October 2012
Session 3
Lot Estimate
ZAR 60 000 - 80 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 267 360
About this Item
South African 1929-2000
Self Portrait
signed and dated 82; signed, dated 82, inscribed with the title and 'Ou cela que furibond faute. De quelque perdition haute.
Tout l'abime vain éployé' on the reverse
mixed media on canvas and shaped perspex
185 by 185cm excluding frame
Notes
The inscription is from the poem À La Nue Accablante Tu by Stéphane Mallarmé (1842 -1898) translated from French: 'Or will that which in fury defaulted. From some perdition exalted. The vain abyss outspread.'
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