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Fred Page

South African 1908-1984 


Fred (Frederick Hutchinson) Page died in 1984 at the age of 76 having produced a body of work which is remarkable for its unique personal imagery and for portraying, with some accuracy, the particular architectural features of the city in which he lived.
Between 1947 and 1980, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, formed the backdrop for his extraordinarily fertile visual imagination. Reclusive by choice, he lived in an area close to the city’s harbour called Central where most of the material he used for the images was gleaned from sketches and photographs. Apart from a brief formative sojourn at art school for a year, he was largely self-educated. He read widely and had discriminating tastes in classical music. Unaffected by contemporary world trends in art, Page’s world is the world of the surreal, inhabited by characters who are entirely his own and were evolved from his observation of life on the streets and from niches in his background. The images are laced with mordant wit, a sense of the ridiculous and an encompassing sense of the enigmatic tragedies of life.

Source: Jeanne Wright and Cecil Kerber (2011) Fred Page: Ringmaster of the Imagination, Port Elizabeth: Cecil Kerbel.

Image courtesy of Selwyn Leibowitz


162 lots offered      73.46% sold      ZAR 5 998 601
 

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Fred Page; Figures Blowing Bubbles
17 Sep 2024
Sold for ZAR 140 700
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Page; The Observer
17 Sep 2024
Starting at ZAR 80 000
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Fred Page; Missing Torso
9 Sep 2024
Sold for ZAR 7 035
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Fred Page; Boat Wreck
9 Sep 2024
Starting at ZAR 5 000
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Fred Page; I Say, Ranole, We’re Both Pregnant
8 Jul 2024
Sold for ZAR 9 380
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Page; Church, 1899
8 Jul 2024
Sold for ZAR 9 380
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Page; South African Street, South End P.E.
8 Jul 2024
Starting at ZAR 8 000
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Fred Page; The Salad
8 Jul 2024
Sold for ZAR 8 208
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Fred Page; Thematic Development
8 Jul 2024
Sold for ZAR 15 243
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Fred Page; Lower Whites Road, Port Elizabeth
13 May 2024
Sold for ZAR 5 277
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Page; I Say, Ranole, We’re Both Pregnant
13 May 2024
ZAR 12 000 - 16 000
 
Fred Page; Bed in a Landscape
19 Mar 2024
Sold for ZAR 44 555
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT

Results in green indicate post sales.