Gregoire Boonzaier
My Ateljee - h/v Plein + Leilie Str. Kaapstad 1940-1945 (My Studio - h/v Plein + Leilie Str. Cape Town 1940-1945)
Lot Estimate
ZAR 50 000 - 70 000USD 2 857 - 4 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
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ZAR 52 763
Auction Catalogue
About this Item
South African 1909-2005
My Ateljee - h/v Plein + Leilie Str. Kaapstad 1940-1945 (My Studio - h/v Plein + Leilie Str. Cape Town 1940-1945)
signed and dated 1944; signed, dated 1940-1945 and inscribed with the title on the reverse
oil on canvas
30 by 40cm excluding frame; 70 by 80,5 by 3,5cm including frame
Provenance
Acquired from the artist by the current owner, 1999.
Notes
This is a rare photograph of Gregoire Boonzaier standing in front of the present lot. It is titled My Ateljee/ My Studio and was executed in 1944. It is of the building on the corner of Leilie and Plein Streets in Bo Kaap that housed his studio from 1940 to 1945. The artist held on to this painting until 1999 when it was acquired directly from the artist by the current owner. Boonzaier died at the age of 96 in 2005.
