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.