African Lion: John Muafangejo Works from The Orde Levinson Collection

Online-Only Auction, 23 April - 3 May 2021

Men are Working

Sold for

ZAR 9 380
Lot 90
  • John Muafangejo; Self Defence
  • John Muafangejo; Self Defence
  • John Muafangejo; Self Defence
  • John Muafangejo; Self Defence
  • John Muafangejo; Self Defence


Lot Estimate
ZAR 8 000 - 12 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 9 380

About this Item

Namibian 1943-1987
Self Defence

stamped and numbered 1/1 in pencil in the margin by the executor of the artist's estate; dated 1976 and inscribed with the artist's name and the title in the block

 

woodcut
image size: 40,5 by 30,5cm; sheet size: 51 by 37cm, unframed

Provenance

Orde Levinson Collection.

Literature

Orde Levinson (1992) I was Lonelyness: The Complete Graphic Works of John Muafangejo, Cape Town: Struik, catalogue number 117.

Orde Levinson (2020) Visions of Love and Sorrow: The Art of John Muafangejo, Windhoek: Kuiseb, illustrated on page 119 as figure 88.

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