Day Sale
Timed Online Auction, 29 August - 16 September 2025
Day Sale: Modern and Contemporary Art
About this Item
signed and dated '72
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.