Important South African Art
Live Auction, 16 May 2011
Session Two
All images © George Pemba Trust | DALRO
Lot Estimate
ZAR 300 000 - 400 000
About this Item
South African 1912-2001
The Dream II
signed and dated 85; inscribed with the title on a label on the reverse
oil on board
43,5 by 61,5cm excluding frame
Notes
"The painting is one of a series of works by Pemba illustrating the story of Nonquase, the Xhosa woman whose prophecy resulted in the virtual suicide of the Xhosa Nation. This was painted sometime after Pemba wrote the musical play which was undoubtedly inspired by HE Dhlomo's play "The girl who killed to save." Sarah Huddleston, Pemba: Against all Odds, Jonathan Ball Publishers, Johannesburg, 1996, page 144.
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