Fred Page
Untitled (Landscape with Tall Building)
Lot Estimate
ZAR 70 000 - 90 000
Location
Cape Town
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About this Item
South African 1908-1984
Untitled (Landscape with Tall Building)
1972
signed and dated '72
acrylic polymer on canvas laid down on board
90 by 52cm excluding frame; 107 by 68,5 by 3cm including frame
Literature
Jeanne Wright and Cecil Kerbel (2011) Fred Page Ringmaster of the Imagination, Port Elizabeth: Cecil Kerbel and Jeanne Wright, illustrated in colour on page 8.
Notes
The present lot features a military scene inspired by Fred Page's time in the military. The artist joined the South African National Defence Force’s artillery wing in 1929. A time which he stated left him in a state of dehumanizing and robotic routine.1
1Cecil Kerbel and Jeanne Wright (2011) Fred Page: Ringmaster of the Imagination, Port Elizabeth: Cecil Kerbel and Jeanne Wright, page 56.
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