Modern and Contemporary Art from Africa

Timed Online Auction, 13 - 28 February 2023

Modern and Contemporary Art from Africa
About the Session

Including Property of Collectors and The Harry Kantor Collection.

Harry Kantor (1934-2019), a Capetonian, moved to Harare in the late 1950s. He supported local art institutions such as the National Gallery of Zimbabwe and Gallery Delta, serving as Chairman of both institutions. He promoted Zimbabwe's artists globally and amassed over 300 works, including European and indigenous African painters, Victorian and Chinese pieces. His collection includes significant roots of early Zimbabwean painting. Five paintings from his collection are on display at the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Arts' exhibition "When We See Us", featuring African figurative art.

Lots 51-62 can be viewed on our current Timed Online Auction, and lot 75 in our Curatorial Voices Auction, both taking place on the 28th of February.

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ZAR 5 628
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  • Phillimon Chipiro; Tigers in Landscape
  • Phillimon Chipiro; Tigers in Landscape
  • Phillimon Chipiro; Tigers in Landscape
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Lot Estimate
ZAR 3 000 - 5 000
Selling Price
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ZAR 5 628

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Phillimon Chipiro
Zimbabwean 20th Century
Tigers in Landscape

signed on a strip of paper adhered to the bottom left portion; inscribed with the artist's name, title, and medium on a National Gallery of Zimbabwe label adhered to the reverse

oil on canvas
53 by 58,5cm excluding frame; 56,5 by 62 by 2cm including frame

Notes

Harry Kantor (1934-2019), a Capetonian, moved to Harare in the late 1950s. He supported local art institutions such as the National Gallery of Zimbabwe and Gallery Delta, serving as Chairman of both institutions. He promoted Zimbabwe's artists globally and amassed over 300 works, including European and indigenous African painters, Victorian and Chinese pieces. His collection includes significant roots of early Zimbabwean painting. Five paintings from his collection are on display at the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Arts' exhibition "When We See Us", featuring African figurative art.

Lots 51-62 can be viewed on our current Timed Online Auction, and lot 75 in our Curatorial Voices Auction, both taking place on the 28th of February.

Provenance

The Harry Kantor Collection.

Exhibited

National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe, Form and Spirit: 28th Annual Art Exhibition, 1986.

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