Maurice van Essche
Melancholic Harlequin
Lot Estimate
ZAR 100 000 - 150 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 181 888
Auction Catalogue
About this Item
South African 1906-1977
Melancholic Harlequin
signed
oil on canvas
68 by 42cm excluding frame
Notes
Carl Büchner. (1967) Van Essche, Cape Town, Tafelberg: His figures speak for the whole of humanity. The poignant resignation of his clowns [are a] symbol of man's tragicomic existence.
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