Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art and South African Fine Wine

Live Virtual Auction, 26 - 28 July 2020

Monday Evening Sale

Sold for

ZAR 73 970
Lot 277
  • Herman van Nazareth; Abstract Portrait I
  • Herman van Nazareth; Abstract Portrait I
  • Herman van Nazareth; Abstract Portrait I
  • Herman van Nazareth; Abstract Portrait I
  • Herman van Nazareth; Abstract Portrait I


Lot Estimate
ZAR 60 000 - 80 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 73 970

About this Item

South African 1936-
Abstract Portrait I

signed

mixed media and oil on board
60 by 69cm excluding frame; 71 by 81 by 4cm including frame

Notes

‘Van Nazareth’s representation of the human figure – and in particular the human face – makes us conscious again that we are confronted with multiple perspectives. This multiplicity may be the result of various insights into the human condition, although it might well be coloured with the emotional tone of a specific condition in the artist’s life: his personal or compassionate involvement with the events around him’.1 Says Van Nazareth: ‘Art is nothing but learning to see’.2

1. Etienne Vermeersch (2011) Herman van Nazareth: Schilder/Painter, Oostkamp: Stichting Kunstboek, page 7.

2. Ibid, back page.

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