John Muafangejo
Elephant is Killing a Lion in Funny Way
All images © The Estate of John Muafangejo (The John Muafangejo Trust). All rights reserved. DACS 2017
LOT 39
John Muafangejo
Elephant is Killing a Lion in Funny Way
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 10 000 - 15 000
Selling Price
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ZAR 175 875
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About this Item
Namibian 1943-1987
Elephant is Killing a Lion in Funny Way
signed, dated 1975 and numbered 70/100 in pencil in the margin; dated 1975 and inscribed with the title in the block
linocut
image size: 45 by 34,5cm; sheet size: 58 by 45cm, unframed
Provenance
Orde Levinson Collection.
Literature
Orde Levinson (1992) I was Lonelyness: The Complete Graphic Works of John Muafangejo, Cape Town: Struik, catalogue number 103.
Orde Levinson (2020) Visions of Love and Sorrow: The Art of John Muafangejo, Windhoek: Kuiseb, illustrated on page 74 as figure 37.
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