Raymond Andrews
Almitra
LOT 150
Raymond Andrews
Almitra
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 25 000 - 35 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 47 796
Auction Catalogue
About this Item
South African 1948-
Almitra
signed with the artist's initials; inscribed with the artist's name, the title and the medium on an Everard Read gallery label adhered to the reverse
oil and gold leaf on wood panel
186 by 31 by 7,5cm
Notes
Almitra is a character in the book of prose poetry fables, The Prophet (1923), written by Kahlil Gibran. She is a prophetess who has been given the endowment of celestial sight. Her name possibly derives from an Indo-Iranian divinity named Mitra.
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