Day Sale

Timed Online Auction, 29 August - 16 September 2025

Day Sale: Modern and Contemporary Art

Current Bid

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Lot 131
  • Zanele Muholi; Bra
  • Zanele Muholi; Bra


Lot Estimate
ZAR 50 000 - 70 000
Current Bid
Starting at ZAR 40 000
Location
Cape Town
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About this Item

South African 1972-
Bra
2003

signed, dated 2003 and inscribed with the title in pencil in the margin and on the reverse of the sheet

inkjet print on paper
image size: 20 by 20cm; 50 by 40 by 3,5cm including frame

Notes

The present lot is a unique print, printed by Dennis da Silva at Silvertone Johannesburg in January 2006.

"Only Half the Picture focuses on skin: its richness, versatility and texture. Body politics is explored in all of its glory, showcasing beautiful scars as seen in Aftermath (2004), and human blood and luxuriant hair, as seen in Bra (2003). Muholi has said that this is a part of politicising spaces in a conscious way – forcing those in power to acknowledge a community that has thus far been ignored. Muholi reiterates: 'We want to bring about change in spaces that are queer-phobic.'"1

1Siham Ali (2020) ArtUK, Zanele Muholi: championing black and queer visual narratives, online, https://artuk.org/discover/stories/zanele-muholi-championing-black-and-queer-visual-narratives, accessed 21 August 2025.

Provenance

Acquired from the artist by the current owner, Johannesburg, December 2005.

Exhibited

Stevenson, Cape Town, Only Half the Picture, 29 March to 29 April 2006, another example exhibited.

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