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

Live Virtual Auction, 26 - 28 July 2020

Tuesday Day Sale

Sold for

ZAR 68 280
Lot 410
  • Marjorie Wallace; Kennis van die Aand
  • Marjorie Wallace; Kennis van die Aand
  • Marjorie Wallace; Kennis van die Aand
  • Marjorie Wallace; Kennis van die Aand
  • Marjorie Wallace; Kennis van die Aand


Lot Estimate
ZAR 50 000 - 70 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 68 280

About this Item

South African 1925-2005
Kennis van die Aand

signed

oil on canvas
80 by 99cm excluding frame; 97 by 117 by 7cm including frame

Notes

Kennis van die Aand references the 1973 novel by Andre P Brink. It tells the story of Josef Malan, a coloured man who kills his white lover, Jessica Thomson, because he sees no future for their relationship under the National Party government’s Immorality Act, which prohibited inter-racial relationships or ‘marriage across the colour bar’. The novel was a landmark in the history of censorship in South Africa, after being banned in 1974. The ban was lifted in 1982 when the English translation of the novel was published and approved by the Publications Control Board, but with an age restriction of 18.

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