Modern and Contemporary Art with a focus on The Fairest Cape

Online-Only Auction, 23 - 28 November 2022

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The Fairest Cape
About the Session

The Cape Peninsula has been given many names throughout history. In 1488 Vasco da Gama named it the Cape of Storms and Prince Henry the Navigator gave it the name Cape of Good Hope. But it was the English Admiral, Sir Francis Drake, who gave this south-western most point of Africa the most appropriate name when he declared in 1579, “This Cape is a most stately thing, and the fairest Cape we saw in the whole circumference of the earth”.   

These words still ring true today. The November auction has a large body of work devoted to this exceptional part of the world.  


  • Willie Bester; Chill With Beers
  • Willie Bester; Chill With Beers
  • Willie Bester; Chill With Beers


Lot Estimate
ZAR 10 000 - 15 000

About this Item

South African 1956-
Chill With Beers

signed; inscribed by the artist with a dedication on the reverse

oil on canvas laid down on board
25 by 36cm excluding frame; 42 by 53 by 3cm including frame

Provenance

Acquired from the artist. 

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