Portrait of a Woman

Provenance

Mr and Mrs B Verster, Silverton, acquired on exhibition at Pretoria in 1931 (Bettie Verster and the artist were good friends and Laubser was her daughter's godmother).

Strauss and Co, 25 October 2022, Johannesburg, lot 8.

Private Collection.

Exhibited

South African National Gallery, Cape Town, 1969, cat. no. 57.

MacFadyen Hall of the Transvaal University College (now University of Pretoria), Pretoria, 1931, cat. no. 4 or 5.

Strauss & Co, Giving Direction: Figuration, Past and Present, Welgemeend Manor, Cape Town, 14 to 20 February 2022, illustrated in colour on page 25 of the exhibition catalogue.

Norval Foundation, Cape Town, Maggie Laubser Portraits and the Landscape: 1886-1973, 1 April 2023 to 20 November 2023.

Literature

Dalene Marais (1994) Maggie Laubser: Her Paintings, Drawings and Graphics, Johannesburg: Peskor, illustrated in black and white on page 206, cat. no. 658.