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Alexis Preller

South African 1911-1975 


Pretoria-born artist Alexis Preller studied art in London at the Westminster School of Art and expanded his knowledge of art and art history by reading voraciously and travelling widely in Europe and Africa. He studied Egyptian, ancient Greek, Etruscan, early Renaissance and southern and central African art and culture, in particular, and created an art that was of his own place and time rather than a continuation of either traditional European practice or avant-garde Modernism. He visited Ndebele settlements near Pretoria in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and the ‘Mapogga’ women in their distinctive traditional costume and the colourful geometric wall paintings that decorated the homesteads appear in his work from this time. His work became progressively more abstract in later years, informed by his interest in space travel and discovery, and his focus shifted from the local and the African to encompass the universal.

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416 lots offered      81.01% sold      ZAR 266 651 998

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Alexis Preller; Stroll in the Park
Stroll in the Park
20 May 2013
Sold for ZAR 181 888
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Alexis Preller; Gold Temple of the Sun
Gold Temple of the Sun
20 May 2013
ZAR 1 500 000 - 2 000 000
 
Alexis Preller; Gold Primavera
Gold Primavera
20 May 2013
Sold for ZAR 966 280
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Alexis Preller; Choros
Choros
20 May 2013
Sold for ZAR 852 600
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Alexis Preller; Red Abstract
Red Abstract
20 May 2013
Sold for ZAR 477 456
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Alexis Preller; Building with Figures and Trees
Building with Figures and Trees
4 Feb 2013
ZAR 300 000 - 400 000
 
Alexis Preller; Nude
Nude
4 Feb 2013
Sold for ZAR 167 100
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Alexis Preller; Grand Mapogga III
Grand Mapogga III
12 Nov 2012
Sold for ZAR 4 678 800
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Alexis Preller; Icarus Falling
Icarus Falling
12 Nov 2012
Sold for ZAR 211 660
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Alexis Preller; Girl with an Oriole
Girl with an Oriole
12 Nov 2012
Sold for ZAR 4 010 400
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Alexis Preller; Egg Box
Egg Box
12 Nov 2012
Sold for ZAR 334 200
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Alexis Preller; Abstract Janus
Abstract Janus
12 Nov 2012
ZAR 600 000 - 800 000