Modern and Contemporary Art: Evening Sale

Live Virtual Auction, 27 May 2025

EVENING SALE

Sold for

ZAR 93 800
Lot 205
  • Kevin Roberts; Herring Bone Bull
  • Kevin Roberts; Herring Bone Bull
  • Kevin Roberts; Herring Bone Bull
  • Kevin Roberts; Herring Bone Bull
  • Kevin Roberts; Herring Bone Bull


Lot Estimate
ZAR 80 000 - 120 000
Selling Price
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ZAR 93 800
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About this Item

South African 1965-2009
Herring Bone Bull

signed with the artist's initials, dated 03, numbered 3/12 and impressed with the Dionysus Sculpture Works foundry mark

bronze with a brown patina, on a cast stone base
height: 62cm excluding base, 67,5cm including base; width: 49,5cm; depth: 20cm

Notes

Kevin Roberts often includes cows/bulls in his work as powerful symbols of human connection to nature and culture. Fascinated by 'the intimate and long relationship between man and cattle in Africa', Roberts uses the cow to suggest ideas of possession, wealth, worship, and the female principle. By placing cows on palettes or trestles, he evokes both reverence and the deep-seated role of cattle in African life. Through these symbols, Roberts enriches his paintings with layered meanings that invite personal interpretation while celebrating tradition and spirituality.

Ingrid Stevens

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