Deborah Bell
Study for Unearthed
LOT 340
Deborah Bell
Study for Unearthed
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 35 000 - 50 000
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About this Item
South African 1957-
Study for Unearthed
2001
signed and dated in pencil in the margin
mixed media with gouache on paper
76 by 55,5cm excluding frame; 94 by 74 by 2cm including frame
Notes
This artwork dates from the period leading up to Deborah Bell's significant Unearthed project, exhibited at the Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, in 2001. It is based on a self-portrait the artist used time and again in her printing, paintings, and sculptures — evoking the act of excavation, of bringing to light the celestial and the sublime — themes that are central to Bell's work.
Exhibited
The Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, Unearthed, 2001.
Literature
Pippa Stein (2004) Deborah Bell, Taxi Art Book Series, Johannesburg: David Krut, pages 68 to 75, similar examples illustrated.
Provenance
Stephen Welz & Co, Johannesburg, 4 to 5 August 2015, lot 626, with the title Pharoanic Head.
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