Important South African & International Art, Jewellery and Decorative Arts
Live Auction, 12 October 2015
Important South African and International Art, Evening Sale
Lot Estimate
ZAR 300 000 - 500 000
About this Item
South African 1920-2010
Dance to the Scaffold
signed, dated 2000/1, and inscribed with the artist's name and title on the reverse
oil on canvas
90 by 90cm excluding frame
Literature
Sue Williamson. (2001) Artthrob: Robert Hodgins at Joao Ferreira, [Online], Available: http://artthrob.co.za/01may/reviews.html [6 July 2015]:
The darker side of life is not ignored however: at the current show at João Ferreira Fine Art, Dance to the Scaffold, rendered in cold greys with a flash of red, shows a group scuffling in the foreground with a hangman's noose in the rear ...
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