Important South African and International Art

Live Auction, 1 June 2015

Day Sale: Fine South African and International Art

Sold for

ZAR 613 872
Lot 56
  • Ernest Mancoba; Musician
  • Ernest Mancoba; Musician


Lot Estimate
ZAR 70 000 - 100 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 613 872

About this Item

South African 1904-2002
Musician

signed and dated 36

carved teak
height: 63cm

Notes

Accompanied by In the Name of All Humanity: The African Spiritual Expression of E Mancoba exhibition catalogue; Ernest Mancoba Resource Book by Elza Miles published by the Johannesburg Art Gallery and a letter from the artist's younger brother, Ronald Mancoba, dated 24 September 1947.

Literature

In the Name of All Humanity: The African Spiritual Expression of E Mancoba exhibition catalogue (26 June - 30 September 2006), Art and Ubuntu Trust, Cape Town, illustrated in colour in Part 1, unpaginated.

Miles, Elza. (1994) Lifeline out of Africa: The Art of Ernest Mancoba, Cape Town and Johannesburg: Human and Rousseau. Illustrated on page 28.

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