African Lion: John Muafangejo Works from The Orde Levinson Collection

Online-Only Auction, 23 April - 3 May 2021

Life is Very Interesting

Sold for

ZAR 29 313
Lot 43
  • John Muafangejo; Life is Very Interesting (red)
  • John Muafangejo; Life is Very Interesting (red)
  • John Muafangejo; Life is Very Interesting (red)
  • John Muafangejo; Life is Very Interesting (red)
  • John Muafangejo; Life is Very Interesting (red)
  • John Muafangejo; Life is Very Interesting (red)
  • John Muafangejo; Life is Very Interesting (red)


Lot Estimate
ZAR 10 000 - 15 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 29 313

About this Item

Namibian 1943-1987
Life is Very Interesting (red)

signed, dated 1974 and numbered 28/100 in pencil in the margin; inscribed with the title in the block

woodcut
image size: 50,5 by 30cm; sheet size: 84 by 53cm, unframed

Provenance

Orde Levinson Collection.

Literature

Orde Levinson (1992) I was Lonelyness: The Complete Graphic Works of John Muafangejo, Cape Town: Struik, catalogue number 72.

Orde Levinson (2020) Visions of Love and Sorrow: The Art of John Muafangejo, Windhoek: Kuiseb, illustrated on page 146 as figure 121.

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