November Online Part I
Online-Only Auction, 22 - 28 November 2021
Books, Portfolios, and Sculpture
Lot Estimate
ZAR 6 000 - 8 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 6 449
About this Item
South African 1909-1985
Nucleus
signed and dated 59
carved wood with a black and brown patina
length: 133cm; height: 22cm; depth: 27cm
Notes
Nucleus, by Solly Disner
A carving in ebony wood
portrayed in major scale
How the nucleus diminutive dwells
essential of the atom
Discovered parts exist and known
positive energy of power and might
Hard shell firmly around
external and internal elements contained
Positive against similar positive
repel one another further
Weakened centre bent and stretched
fissions potential discovered
A signed copy of this poem to accompany the lot.
Exhibited
Cape Town, Solly Disner Solo Exhibition, Exhibition of Sculpture, 11 to 29 October 1960.
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