Modern and Contemporary Art

Timed Online Auction, 1 - 9 October 2023

Impression/Expression
  • Beezy Bailey; Pelican Ball
  • Beezy Bailey; Pelican Ball
  • Beezy Bailey; Pelican Ball


Lot Estimate
ZAR 50 000 - 70 000

About this Item

South African 1962-
Pelican Ball

signed and dated 86; inscription on the reverse

oil on canvas in the artist's hand painted frame
70 by 91cm excluding frame; 76 by 96,5 by 2,5cm including frame

Notes

Inscription on the reverse reads 'It was the Pelican Ball, the international bird of Paradise, Elly Cooper in satin fish cloak accompanied himself, the Bishop Beetle. Charlie Chaplan in Harliquin suit. fiddle bell fruit tree, ring, ring, ding. Set the ice scape to the tune of the moon and let Stein and Hemmingway gasp, as Alexander Buchinski conducts Pavaroti.'

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