Dylan Lewis
S249 Trans-Figure IV Maquette
Lot Estimate
ZAR 150 000 - 200 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 284 500
Auction Catalogue
About this Item
South African 1964-
S249 Trans-Figure IV Maquette
2007
signed, numbered 6/12 and stamped S249
bronze on a wooden base
height: 84cm excluding base; base: 10,5cm
Notes
"It is not as if I've turned my back on all I explored with the Cat. The same forces are embedded in my new work. I'm increasingly fascinated now by the mythological merging of human, animal and natural forces and forms." Dylan Lewis. Ibid, page 170.
Literature
cf. Laura Twiggs (ed.) (2006). Forces of Nature: The Sculpture of Dylan Lewis, Western Cape: Pardus. A drawing from 2005 resembles this sculpture illustrated on page 167, another example from the edition cast in 2006 illustrated on pages 174 and 175.
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