Johannesburg Auction Week
Live Virtual Auction, 16 - 17 May 2022
Evening Sale
Lot Estimate
ZAR 500 000 - 700 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 637 280
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About this Item
South African 1964-
Leopard and Guineafowl, maquette
2012
signed, numbered S335 and 5/15 and stamped with the foundry mark
bronze with a black and dark brown patina
height: 57cm; width: 93cm; depth: 48cm
Notes
With singular elegance and fluidity, Dylan Lewis captures the feline grace of a young leopard and the drama as it swoops in on its guineafowl prey in the present lot. This captivating bronze is brilliantly conceived in the round with the overarching agile cat still in motion and airborne as it closes in on its prey. From the ground up the guineafowl take flight - alert to the danger - completing the circular composition of this bronze that so superbly portrays the momentary tension between predator and prey.
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