Important South African & International Art, Jewellery and Decorative Arts

Live Auction, 12 October 2015

Important South African and International Art, Evening Sale
  • Irma Stern; Portrait of a Woman


Lot Estimate
ZAR 120 000 - 140 000

About this Item

South African 1894-1966
Portrait of a Woman

signed and dated 1923

charcoal
65 by 50cm excluding frame

Notes

This work was one of sixteen given by the artist to her friend and fellow student in Germany, Maria Margulies.  

Provenance

Sold Stephan Welz & Co, Johannesburg, 28 November, 1994, lot 20, the collection of Maria Margulies, née Remenyi

Literature

Stephan Welz. (1996) Art at Auction in South Africa, The Art Market Review 1969-1995, Johannesburg: ArtLink. Illustrated on page 20.  Pages 13 to 21.

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