South African and International Art

Live Auction, 20 May 2013

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  • Peter Clarke; Fable; Bemused Lovers, Death Hovers; The Wake
  • Peter Clarke; Fable; Bemused Lovers, Death Hovers; The Wake
  • Peter Clarke; Fable; Bemused Lovers, Death Hovers; The Wake
  • Peter Clarke; Fable; Bemused Lovers, Death Hovers; The Wake
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About this Item

Peter Clarke
South African 1929-2014
Fable; Bemused Lovers, Death Hovers; The Wake

each signed, dated 1971; 1971; 1970, numbered 18/33, 8/34 and 27/32 respectively and inscribed with their titles in pencil in the margin

woodcuts in colours
image sizes: 34,5 by 24,5cm; 43 by 30cm; 22 by 17cm

Exhibited

The Wake exhibited at the Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, The Neglected Tradition: Towards a New History of South African Art (1930-1988), 23 November 1988 to 8 January 1989, another example from this edition exhibited, catalogue number 14

Literature

The Wake: Johannesburg Art Gallery. The Neglected Tradition: Towards a New History of South African Art (1930-1988), exhibition catalogue. Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, 1988, illustrated on page 44

Hobbs, Philippa and Rankin, Elizabeth. Listening to Distant Thunder: The Art of Peter Clarke. The Standard Bank of South Africa, Johannesburg, 2011, another example from this edition illustrated in colour on page 118

Manaka, Matsemela. Echoes of African Art: A Century of Art in South Africa. Skotaville Publishers, Johannesburg, 1987, illustrated in colour on page 68

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