South African Art, Jewellery and Decorative Arts

Live Auction, 4 February 2013

Paintings Day Sale

Sold for

ZAR 17 824
Lot 456
  • Nel Erasmus; Throes


Lot Estimate
ZAR 8 000 - 10 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 17 824

About this Item

South African 1928-
Throes
1981/1982

signed

acrylic on canvas
88,5 by 58,5cm excluding frame

Notes

"Throes (1982) again suggests some kind of internal chaos or excess.  The quick, brightly coloured lines of this portrait reveal, after some scrutiny, a mouth, a nose, what may be eyes; a person (who may be male or female) crashing on waves of emotion."

Linda Stupart, 'The Life of Forms/The Forms of Life,' in Maralize van Zyl (ed.), Nel Erasmus, page 108

Literature

Maralize van Zyl (ed.), Nel Erasmus, SMAC Art Publishing, Stellenbosch, 2011, page 108, illustrated in colour (image inverted)

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