Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts and Jewellery

Live Virtual Auction, 11 - 12 October 2021

Modern and Post-War Art

Sold for

ZAR 193 460
Lot 353
  • Maggie Laubser; Still Life with Proteas in a Jug
  • Maggie Laubser; Still Life with Proteas in a Jug
  • Maggie Laubser; Still Life with Proteas in a Jug
  • Maggie Laubser; Still Life with Proteas in a Jug
  • Maggie Laubser; Still Life with Proteas in a Jug


Lot Estimate
ZAR 100 000 - 150 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 193 460

About this Item

South African 1886-1973
Still Life with Proteas in a Jug

signed and dated '35; inscribed with the artist's name, title, and exhibition details on South African National Gallery and Pretoria Art Museum labels on the reverse

pastel on paper
50 by 38cm excluding frame; 74,5 by 62 by 2,5cm including frame

Provenance

A wedding gift from the artist to the current owner's mother, Alida de Beer. The blue jug in the artwork was a gift from Alida de Beer to the artist.

Exhibited

South African National Gallery, Maggie Laubser Prestige Retrospective Exhibition, Cape Town, 1969, catalogue number 136.

Pretoria Art Museum, Maggie Laubser Prestige Retrospective Exhibition, Pretoria, 1969, catalogue number 136.

Literature

Dalene Marais (1994) Maggie Laubser: Her Paintings, Drawings and Graphics. Johannesburg and Cape Town: Perskor, illustrated in black and white on page 296, catalogue number 1202.

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