Nel Erasmus
Throes
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 8 000 - 10 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 17 824
Auction Catalogue
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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