Modern and Contemporary Art

Timed Online Auction, 3 - 11 April 2023

Impression/Expression

Sold for

ZAR 70 350
Lot 76
  • Deborah Bell; Waiting for the Miracle to Come – John the Baptist
  • Deborah Bell; Waiting for the Miracle to Come – John the Baptist
  • Deborah Bell; Waiting for the Miracle to Come – John the Baptist
  • Deborah Bell; Waiting for the Miracle to Come – John the Baptist
  • Deborah Bell; Waiting for the Miracle to Come – John the Baptist
  • Deborah Bell; Waiting for the Miracle to Come – John the Baptist


Lot Estimate
ZAR 60 000 - 80 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 70 350

About this Item

South African 1957-
Waiting for the Miracle to Come – John the Baptist
2012

signed; inscribed with the artist's name, the title and medium on a John Martin Gallery label adhered to the reverse

oil on canvas
51 by 40cm excluding frame; 54,5 by 44 by 5cm including frame

Notes

A copy of Country Life (UK), June 20, 2012, accompanies the lot.

Provenance

John Martin Gallery, London.

Private Collection, Johannesburg.

Exhibited

John Martin Gallery, London, A Far Country: Sculpture and Painting 2008–12, 15 June to 14 July 2012.

Literature

John Martin Gallery (2012) A Far Country: Sculpture and Painting 2008–12, exhibition catalogue, London: John Martin Gallery, illustrated on page 47.

Catherine Milner (2012) 'Bell's Celestial Belles', Country Life (UK), June 20, pages 132 and 133, exhibition review.

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