John Meyer
Son and Heir
Lot Estimate
ZAR 180 000 - 240 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 158 288
Auction Catalogue
About this Item
South African 1942-
Son and Heir
signed; signed and inscribed with the title on the reverse
acrylic on canvas
75,5 by 60cm excluding frame; 96 by 80,5 by 6cm including frame
Notes
I wanted to avoid work that looks posed and aimed for them to be open-ended, to keep these things as enigmatic and covert as possible. Nothing really gets resolved. I often get asked what it is that these people are doing? My answer is that your guess is as good as mine. While painting, when I find that I begin to recognise what they are doing, when their expressions start confirming an idea, I tend to back off from the work. The work is becoming too specific, I tell myself, and I don't want it to be so.
John Meyer
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