David Goldblatt
Memorial to a holiday maker, Bob O’Neill, who drowned here on 4 December 1990 after suffering a heart attack while fishing. The quotation from Psalm 23, He leadeth me beside the still waters, was painted by O’Neill’s son-in-law and has been renewed every year since by a local resident, John Burns. Pearly Beach, Western Cape. 25 January 2004
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ZAR 150 000 - 200 000
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ZAR 187 600
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About this Item
South African 1930-2018
Memorial to a holiday maker, Bob O’Neill, who drowned here on 4 December 1990 after suffering a heart attack while fishing. The quotation from Psalm 23, He leadeth me beside the still waters, was painted by O’Neill’s son-in-law and has been renewed every year since by a local resident, John Burns. Pearly Beach, Western Cape. 25 January 2004
signed, dated 25/1/2004 and numbered 2/6 in pencil in the margin
archival pigment ink on cotton rag paper
image size: 81,5 by 101,5cm; 98,5 by 118,5 by 5cm including frame
Exhibited
Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, Intersections, 7 February to 12 March 2005, another example from the edition exhibited.
Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town, Goodman Gallery Booth, 14 February to 16 February 2020, another example from the edition exhibited.
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