Keith Alexander
The Eduard Bohlen – Tidal Pools 1934
Lot Estimate
ZAR 400 000 - 600 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 455 200
Auction Catalogue
About this Item
South African 1946-1998
The Eduard Bohlen – Tidal Pools 1934
signed and dated 84; inscribed with the artist's name and 'Namib' on the reverse
oil on canvas
94 by 121cm excluding frame; 116 by 143 by 4cm including frame
Notes
The Eduard Bohlen was a German cargo ship that ran aground in thick fog at Conception Bay on the Skeleton Coast of Namibia (formerly South West Africa) in 1909. It had been on a voyage from Swakopmund to Cape Town.
Literature
David Robbins (2000) Keith Alexander: The Artist in Retrospect, Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, illustrated in colour on page 216.
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