Modern and Contemporary Art: Evening Sale

Live Virtual Auction, 27 May 2025

EVENING SALE

Sold for

ZAR 158 288
Lot 295
  • John Meyer; Son and Heir
  • John Meyer; Son and Heir
  • John Meyer; Son and Heir


Lot Estimate
ZAR 180 000 - 240 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 158 288
Location
Johannesburg
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Condition Report
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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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