Modern, Post-War, Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts and Wine
Online-Only Auction, 18 - 25 October 2021
Paintings
Lot Estimate
ZAR 30 000 - 50 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 23 450
About this Item
South African 1938-2016
Untitled (Head and Watch Charm)
signed
oil on board
84 by 72cm excluding frame; 89 by 77 by 3,5cm including frame
Notes
‘This is one of a series of smallish oils I showed at Karen McKerron in the late nineties. This is a Buddhist monk, with his skull separate from his body, as skulls are kept as bowls and mementi mori by devotees. The silvered neck aperture echoes a skull bowl. The bell inside reminds one of the tinkle, clatter of bells in Buddhist temples as I experienced them in Nepal. The breath, and separation from the desires of the body are also indicated, as is the asceticism of Buddhist monks, in the leanness of the face.’
Judith Mason
Provenance
Russell Kaplan Auctioneers, Johannesburg, 2 August 2014, lot 87.
Private Collection, Johannesburg.
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