John Muafangejo
The Death of Chief Phillimon Elifas (blue)
All images © The Estate of John Muafangejo (The John Muafangejo Trust). All rights reserved. DACS 2017
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 10 000 - 15 000
Selling Price
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ZAR 44 555
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About this Item
Namibian 1943-1987
The Death of Chief Phillimon Elifas (blue)
signed, dated 1975 and numbered 5/100 in pencil in the margin; dated 1975 and inscribed with the title in the block
linocut
image size: 61 by 39cm; sheet size: 69 by 48,5cm, unframed
Provenance
Orde Levinson Collection.
Literature
Orde Levinson (1992) I was Lonelyness: The Complete Graphic Works of John Muafangejo, Cape Town: Struik, catalogue number 108.
Orde Levinson (2020) Visions of Love and Sorrow: The Art of John Muafangejo, Windhoek: Kuiseb, illustrated on page 133 as figure 104.
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