John Muafangejo
The Birth of Christ
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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Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 11 725
Auction Catalogue
About this Item
Namibian 1943-1987
The Birth of Christ
stamped and numbered 3/5 in pencil in the margin by the executor of the artist's estate; dated 1977 and inscribed with the title in the block
linocut
image size: 29 by 27,5cm; sheet size: 61 by 43cm, unframed
Provenance
Orde Levinson Collection.
Literature
Orde Levinson (1992) I was Lonelyness: The Complete Graphic Works of John Muafangejo, Cape Town: Struik, catalogue number 123.
Orde Levinson (2020) Visions of Love and Sorrow: The Art of John Muafangejo, Windhoek: Kuiseb, illustrated on page 104 as figure 65.
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