Notes

The present lot depicts Mandela with Freedom Charter and a child holding the eternal flame of youth. Nelson Mandela’s original signature is cast in the bronze and is visible on the base.

Accompanied by a bespoke square plinth made up of four yellowwood beams joined by dowels 70cm high, 40cm wide, 40cm deep by The Pierre Cronje Furniture company.

Provenance

The Raymond Mhlaba Trust Fund via Nelson Mandela Foundation, 2002 (Reference code ZA COM MR-T-7-5-1542).

The DinksFãStan Private Collection, United Kingdom.

Literature

Maureen Quin (2014) Master Sculptor, Six Decades Of Sculptural Excellence, self published, another example illustrated in colour on page 195.