Evening Sale

Live Virtual Auction, 12 November 2024

Evening Sale

Current Bid

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Lot 324
  • Robert Hodgins; Une Fille de Joie (A Daughter of Joy)
  • Robert Hodgins; Une Fille de Joie (A Daughter of Joy)
  • Robert Hodgins; Une Fille de Joie (A Daughter of Joy)


Lot Estimate
ZAR 400 000 - 500 000
Current Bid
Starting at ZAR 350 000
Location
Johannesburg
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About this Item

South African 1920-2010
Une Fille de Joie (A Daughter of Joy)

signed, dated 1996, inscribed with the artist's name, the title, 'Begun Feb 27 1996' and 'painted expressly for a black and gilt frame supplied by Mrs Linda Gavon (sic)'

oil on canvas
88 by 58,5cm excluding frame; 103 by 72,5 by 4,5cm including frame

Provenance

Linda Givon Collection.

Literature

Josh Ginsburg and Jason Webb (2016) Off the Wall: An 80th Birthday Celebration with Linda Givon, exhibition catalogue, Johannesburg, Wits Art Museum, illustrated in colour on page 64.

(2002) Robert Hodgins, Cape Town: Tafelberg Publishers, illustrated in colour on page 85.

Notes

"I had a wonderful Picasso drawing in an original Picasso frame. The client who bought it hated the frame, so I gave it to Robert Hodgins, who painted this portrait, so called, of me, and he insisted that the dress was transparent. Robert had a marvellous song that he sang to me – he used to call me ‘Little Flo’, and the song went like this:

Oh Little Flo,

I love you so,

Even in your nighty.

When the moonlight flits,

Across your tits,

Oh Jesus, Lord Almighty!"

Linda Givon

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