Evening Sale
Live Virtual Auction, 16 September 2025
Evening Sale: Modern and Contemporary Art
Lot Estimate
ZAR 140 000 - 160 000
Current Bid
Starting at ZAR 130 000
Location
Cape Town
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About this Item
South African 1885-1947
Nude Torso of a Man
signed
bronze with a brown patina
height: 35cm; width: 24cm; depth: 7cm
Literature
Gerard de Kamper and Chris de Klerk ( 2011) Sculptured: The Complete Works of Fanie Eloff, Pretoria: The Department of UP Arts, University of Pretoria, the plaster of Paris cast of this work, dated c.1939, is illustrated on page 60.
Notes
The plaster of Paris, Nude Torso of a Man belongs to the Renzo Vignali Artistic Foundry, and his torso was cast in bronze after Eloff's death.
Provenance
Strauss & Co, Cape Town, 5 March 2018, lot 567.
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