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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; The Assignment
14 Mar 2022
Sold for ZAR 11 725
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Page; The Spooner
14 Mar 2022
Sold for ZAR 8 208
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Page; First Stop Shoebill
14 Mar 2022
Sold for ZAR 11 725
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Page; The Moving Finger
14 Mar 2022
Sold for ZAR 8 208
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Page; The Mascot
14 Mar 2022
Sold for ZAR 11 725
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Page; Sketch for the Phantom Pass
14 Mar 2022
Starting at ZAR 5 000
 
Fred Page; Boats in Harbour
21 Feb 2022
Sold for ZAR 70 350
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Page; Butterfly Concerto
21 Feb 2022
Starting at ZAR 10 000
 
Fred Page; Vicinity Uitenhage (Heritage House)
21 Feb 2022
Sold for ZAR 17 588
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Page; The Treatment
21 Feb 2022
Starting at ZAR 15 000
 
Fred Page; Reach or Bust (painting and sketch), two
21 Feb 2022
Starting at ZAR 18 000
 
Fred Page; Hairdo
21 Feb 2022
Starting at ZAR 8 000
 

Results in green indicate post sales.