Important South African & International Art, Furniture, Decorative Arts & Jewellery

Live Auction, 13 October 2014

Cape & Colonial Silver & Furniture, International & South African Art Day Sale

Sold for

ZAR 20 463
Lot 507
  • Maggie Laubser; Portrait of an Old Woman


Lot Estimate
ZAR 18 000 - 24 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 20 463

About this Item

South African 1886-1973
Portrait of an Old Woman

signed with the artist's initials and dated '21

charcoal on paper laid down on card
44 by 34cm excluding frame

Provenance

Mr C van der Merwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

Wolpe Gallery, Cape Town

Mrs S Sifrin, Johannesburg 

Literature

Dalene Marais. (1994) Maggie Laubser: her paintings, drawings and graphics, Johannesburg and Cape Town: Perskor. Illustrated on page 140, catalogue number 279.

AC Verloren van Themaat. (1930) Huisgenoot, 12 September.

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