Important South African and International Art and Books

Live Auction, 11 June 2012

Evening Sale

Sold for

ZAR 245 080
Lot 413
  • Sydney Kumalo; Seated Woman


Lot Estimate
ZAR 200 000 - 250 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 245 080

About this Item

South African 1935-1988
Seated Woman
1962

signed with the artist's initials and numbered VII/X

bronze with black patina
height: 59cm, including base; mounted on a marble base

Exhibited

The Johannesburg Art Gallery, The Neglected Tradition, 23 November 1988 - 8 January 1989.

The Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg.

Literature

The Johannesburg Art Gallery, The Neglected Tradition: Towards a New History of South African Art, The Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, 1988, page 51, illustrated.

Elizabeth Rankin, Images of Metal, Witwatersrand University Press, Johannesburg, 1994, illustrated on page 131 and on the cover.

Harold Jeppe, South African Artists 1900-1962, Afrikaanse Pers-Boekhandel, Johannesburg, 1963, page 130, illustration of another cast.

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