Modern and Contemporary Art with a focus on The Fairest Cape

Online-Only Auction, 23 - 28 November 2022

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Works on Paper and Prints and Multiples
  • Alexis Preller; Reclining Figure
  • Alexis Preller; Reclining Figure
  • Alexis Preller; Reclining Figure


Lot Estimate
ZAR 30 000 - 40 000

About this Item

South African 1911-1975
Reclining Figure
mixed media on paper
sheet size: 22,5 by 30cm; 54 by 60 by 3cm including frame

Literature

Esmé Berman and Karel Nel (2009) Alexis Preller: Africa, the Sun and Shadows, Saxonwold, Shelf Publishers, similar examples are illustrated in colour on page 72 with the titles, Reclining Nude (1943) and Naked and Alone (1946).

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