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Paintings Evening Sale
  • Robert Hodgins; The Death of Danton: Final Act
  • Robert Hodgins; The Death of Danton: Final Act
  • Robert Hodgins; The Death of Danton: Final Act
  • Robert Hodgins; The Death of Danton: Final Act


Lot Estimate
ZAR 300 000 - 500 000

About this Item

South African 1920-2010
The Death of Danton: Final Act

signed, dated 1990/91, inscribed with the medium, title and "Or if one wishes not to be Euro-Centric; The Death of Lumumba: The Final Act. For Madeleine von Biljon, Always with Love, Robin" on the reverse.  Further signed, dated 1991, inscribed with the title and dedication on the stretcher.

oil on canvas
60,5 by 76cm excluding frame; 66 by 82 by 4,5cm including frame

Provenance

Stephan Welz & Co in Association with Sotheby's, 22 & 23 March 2005, lot 576.

 

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