Modern and Contemporary Art
Live Virtual Auction, 28 March 2023
Evening Sale
Lot Estimate
ZAR 200 000 - 250 000
About this Item
South African 1900-1975
Nude by Wash Stand
signed and dated 1970
oil on paper
76 by 55,5cm excluding frame; 106 by 18,5 by 2cm including frame
Notes
His mystical philosophy admitted both classical logic and romantic inspiration to the service of his vision, and his paintings projected the alternating emphasis of intellect and intuition, reason and emotion, in his perception of reality. Though each
was dominant at different phases during his career, their opposition provides the key to all his work. Jean Welz’s nudes present a stillness and tranquillity. Figures are voluptuously curved and sensuously painted, but rapt in spiritual self-containment which belied the sensuality of the flesh.1
1. Esmé Berman (1983) Art and Artists of South Africa, Cape Town: A A Balkema, page 491–492.
Provenance
The Stellenberg Collection.
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