Important South African and International Art
Live Auction, 12 November 2018
Day Sale
Lot Estimate
ZAR 20 000 - 30 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 39 830
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About this Item
South African 1955-
Memory Drawing: Ceremonial Seat in the Form of an Alligator’s Head
signed with the artist's initials and inscribed with 'Siege ceremonial in forme de tête d'aligator. Site de Papaguyo N. O. du Costa Rica a.p. JC. 1200- 1600. Musée de l'Homme, Paris'.
graphite and Conté chalk on handmade paper
70 by 100cm excluding frame
Literature
Rory Doepel (1993). Karel Nel: Transforming Symbols, Johannesburg: Foundation for the Creative Arts, a work from the same series, shown hanging in the artist's studio, is illustrated in black and white on page 10.
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