Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art

Online-Only Auction, 7 - 14 March 2022

Prints and Multiples

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ZAR 4 104
Lot 167
  • Dorothy Kay; The Mountebank
  • Dorothy Kay; The Mountebank
  • Dorothy Kay; The Mountebank
  • Dorothy Kay; The Mountebank
  • Dorothy Kay; The Mountebank


Lot Estimate
ZAR 2 000 - 3 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 4 104

About this Item

Irish/South African 1886-1964
The Mountebank

signed and inscribed with the title in pencil in the margin

hardground etching on paper
plate size: 25 by 19cm; sheet size: 28 by 21cm, unframed

Notes

"The Mountebank (of which Dorothy thought highly) is of the old Grand Theatre in Main Street [Port Elizabeth], with a crowd surrounding a ventriloquist and doll. The lights of the theatre stream across the foreground road; the interior lights of the balcony (where pre-ordered sit-down teas were ready in advance to be served by waitresses during the interval between films) create a pattern of window-panes and balustrades. We children watched and listened to the ventriloquist while Dorothy made her sketches."

Marjorie Reynolds (1989) 'Everything you do is a Portrait of Yourself': Dorothy Kay, A Biography, Cape Town: Alec/Marjorie Reynolds, another impression from the edition illustrated on page 56.

Literature

Marjorie Reynolds (1989) 'Everything you do is a Portrait of Yourself': Dorothy Kay, A Biography, Cape Town: Alec/Marjorie Reynolds, another impression from the edition illustrated on page 57.

Marjorie Reynolds (ed) (1991) The Elvery Family: A Memory, Cape Town: The Carrefour Press, another impression from the edition illustrated on page 164.

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