Rite of Passage I
Anton Smit
About the SessionA strong contemporary thread runs throughout the sale, rooted in long-standing tradition. Selective historic textiles offer a vital counterpoint and illuminate the deep sources that continue to inspire contemporary makers.
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Cape Town
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About this Item
South African 1954-
Rite of Passage I
2017
signed, dated, numbered 5/12 and inscribed with the artist's cryptic code
GRP (Glass Reinforced Polymer) and bronze, on a steel base
height: 129cm excluding base; 138cm including base; width: 57,5cm; depth: 18cm
Notes
Rite of Passage I captures the dynamic of movement and constancy that characterise many of the figures in Anton Smit's work. Here this emotional engagement communicates the liminality of loss and progression.
The golden weightless joy
expands like the yearning of music.
Flowing weightlessness becomes a fire
and dissolves into eternity.
Though lovers be lost
love shall not.
– Anton Smit
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