South African and International Art

Live Auction, 12 November 2012

Day Sale

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ZAR 12 254
Lot 142
  • John Muafangejo; Vision of Eden, Adam and Eve


Lot Estimate
ZAR 6 000 - 9 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 12 254

About this Item

Namibian 1943-1987
Vision of Eden, Adam and Eve

signed and dated 1968 in pencil in the margin, inscribed with the artist's name and 'Ovambo' in the print

woodcut
66 by 54cm excluding frame

Literature

De Jager, E.J., Contemporary African Art in South Africa, C. Struik, Cape Town, 1973, another impression from the edition illustrated, plate 74.

Crump, Alan and Levinson, Olga, John Ndevasia Muafangejo: Second Guest Artist Award 1988, Standard Bank National Arts Festival 1988, a similar work illustrated, plate 85.

Proud, Haden (ed.), Revisions: Expanding the Narrative of South African Art, SA History Online and UNISA Press, Cape Town, 2006, another impression from the edition illustrated on page 348, plate 360.

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