Important South African and International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 15 October 2018
Art: Evening Session
Lot Estimate
ZAR 160 000 - 180 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 170 700
About this Item
South African 1886-1973
Woman Harvester Resting among Sheaves
signed with the artist's initials and dated '20
oil on board
24 by 31cm excluding frame
Notes
This early work by Maggie Laubser, executed in Holland in 1920 before she returned to South Africa, depicts a motif that she would return to throughout her career: the harvest, as inspired by life on her family farms, Bloublommetjieskloof and Oortmanspoort. In a departure from her usual harvesting scenes, Laubser has instead portrayed this woman at rest and has rendered her in muted colours and simplified forms; imbuing the painting with the sense of tranquillity needed for a respite.
Provenance
Mrs Lategan, Johannesburg
Dr and Mrs T Burger, Stellenbosch
Literature
Dalene Marais (1994). Maggie Laubser: Her Paintings, Drawings and Graphics, Johannesburg and Cape Town: Perskor. Illustrated on page 150, catalogue number 333.Other lots that might interest you
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