Robert Slingsby
Traditional Blues
Lot Estimate
ZAR 15 000 - 20 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 16 415
About this Item
South African 1955-
Traditional Blues
signed and dated 2004
mixed media on canvas
59,5 by 54cm excluding frame; 80 by 75 by 4,5cm including frame
Notes
Traditional Blues is a quintessential example of a Slingsby work, with petroglyphic iconography, ethnographic objects and stylised lines suggesting shapes. The compartmentalised portrait makes use of a personal lexicon which he developed over 50 years of painting.
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