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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


151 lots offered      74.17% sold      ZAR 5 803 379
 

  Including Premium and VAT Results include Buyer's Premium and VAT
Fred Page; Faceless Woman
15 May 2023
Sold for ZAR 23 450
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Page; Figure at Night
15 May 2023
Sold for ZAR 4 104
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Page; Figures and House
15 May 2023
Sold for ZAR 2 345
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Page; Belmont Terrace
15 May 2023
Starting at ZAR 6 000
 
Fred Page; Then the Long Wait for the Extermination
15 May 2023
Sold for ZAR 19 933
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Page; Masked Figures
27 Mar 2023
Sold for ZAR 41 038
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Page; Horse and Rider
27 Mar 2023
Sold for ZAR 41 038
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Page; Tenements
27 Mar 2023
Starting at ZAR 55 000
 
Fred Page; Somnambulists United
22 Nov 2022
Sold for ZAR 56 900
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Page; The Wake
25 Oct 2022
Starting at ZAR 4 000
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Fred Page; The Shoes
25 Oct 2022
Starting at ZAR 4 000
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Fred Page; Malay Quarters, Cape Town
25 Oct 2022
Sold for ZAR 17 588
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT

Results in green indicate post sales.