Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts and Jewellery
Live Virtual Auction, 11 - 12 October 2021
Modern and Post-War Art
Lot Estimate
ZAR 220 000 - 260 000
About this Item
South African 1964-
Centennial Black Rhinoceros Maquette (S039)
signed, dated 95 and numbered '1951'
bronze with a brown patina on a wooden base
height: 46cm excluding base, 53,5 including base; width: 62cm; depth: 33,5cm
Notes
This maquette was commissioned to raise funds for the former Natal Parks Board.
The present lot is an edition of 100 and each edition number corresponds with Parks Board's 100 years of operation between 1895 to 1995. The present lot is editioned 1951.
Provenance
Famed nature conservationist and author, Lawrence Anthony (1950-2012), was presented with this sculpture by the Natal Parks Board.
Literature
Laura Twiggs (ed) (2011) Dylan Lewis: Animal Bronzes 1989–2005: The Collectors’ Guide, Cape Town: Pardus, another cast from the edition illustrated on page 34.
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