Bill Ainslie
Pachipamwe No. 5
Bill Ainslie; Pachipamwe No. 5
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 50 000 - 60 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 56 900
Auction Catalogue
About this Item
South African 1934-1989
Pachipamwe No. 5
inscribed with 'July 1989', the artist's name and the title on the reverse
mixed media including acrylic gel on canvas
164 by 168 by 4,5cm
Notes
The word 'pachipamwe' is a Shona greeting to someone one was momentarily parted from, when being reunited. It was also the name of a series of artists' workshops that Ainslie attended in Zimbabwe in the 1980s.
Literature
Pat Williams (1990). Last Paintings by Bill Ainslie 1934-1989. African Arts Trust and Gencor Development Fund, illustrated in colour on page 7.
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