Important South African & International Art, Jewellery and Decorative Arts

Live Auction, 12 October 2015

Important South African and International Art, Evening Sale

Sold for

ZAR 261 464
Lot 505
  • Eleanor Esmonde-White; Olive Pickers, Corfu


Lot Estimate
ZAR 160 000 - 200 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 261 464

About this Item

South African 1914-2007
Olive Pickers, Corfu

signed

oil on canvas
58 by 86cm excluding frame

Notes

"Living in Corfu I am even more driven to paint women, because they are the backbone of Greek society. They are splendid, splendid people. The men sit around all day in the cafes drinking coffee and ouzo and it is the women who do all the work. They are the ones who work in the fields, you see them trudging home leading heavily laden donkeys. They work very very hard and I have recorded them."

Leanne Raymond. (2015) Eleanor Esmonde-White, Paarl: Main Street Publishing. Page 132.

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