WAM Endowment Auction
Live Auction, 27 May 2015
WAM Endowment Auction
About this Item
South African 1945-2015
Small Standing Figure
Date unrecorded, collected between 1990 and 1993
wood and paint
55 by 30 by 15cm
Notes
Rikhotso carves in various scales such as in this comparatively diminutive work of a figure depicted in a long-sleeve jersey and athletic pants with side stripes. The figure is positioned in an active stance with legs spread and hands held in front of the body, as if about to engage in an activity or sport. This intimately scaled figure abounds with energy that is counter to conceptions of static figurative sculpture.
Provenance
Donated by Trent Read