Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art
Live Virtual Auction, 17 - 18 May 2021
Contemporary Art
Lot Estimate
ZAR 50 000 - 70 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 56 900
About this Item
South African 1938-2019
Dog Chasing Birds
signed and dated 17
acrylic, gouache and charcoal on paper
sheet size: 87 by 128cm; 105 by 146 by 3,5cm including frame
Notes
The present lot depicts scavenging dogs chasing birds painted in such a way that they generate a lively and ever-varying rhythm. This can be read as the brutality of township life with its unexpected beauties and endless mystery. Koloane’s work requires the viewer to be sensitive and aware of both the beauty and the gloom of what is portrayed, neither pursuing one nor resisting the other, but perceiving both as a whole.
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