Art for the Arch Auction for the Tutu Legacy Fund

Live Virtual Auction, 22 September 2021

Day Sale

Sold for

ZAR 4 690
Lot 13
  • Constance Helen Greaves; Nosanbe
  • Constance Helen Greaves; Nosanbe
  • Constance Helen Greaves; Nosanbe
  • Constance Helen Greaves; Nosanbe
  • Constance Helen Greaves; Nosanbe


Lot Estimate
ZAR 4 000 - 6 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 4 690

About this Item

British 1882-1966
Nosanbe

signed; inscribed with the title on the reverse

pastel on paper laid down on tissue paper
27 by 24,5cm excluding frame; 54 by 51 by 4cm including frame

Notes

Constance Helen Greaves was born in Brighton, England. After completing her studies at the Brighton School of Art, Greaves came to South Africa in 1910 to teach and regularly traveled between England and South Africa. In South Africa, she fine-tuned her skill in portraiture and figure studies becoming well known for her ‘native study’ portraits in watercolour. In the early 1920s she settled in South Africa working full-time as an artist. She drew quickly with her paintbrush which gives her paintings a unique gestural signature.

Provenance

Donated by Omar Valley.

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