Maggie Laubser
Portrait of a Man
LOT 141
Maggie Laubser
Portrait of a Man
About this Item
signed and dated '24; inscribed with the artist's name and the title on a South African National Gallery label adhered to the reverse
Literature
Dalene Marais (1994) Maggie Laubser: Her Paintings, Drawings and Graphics, Johannesburg and Cape Town: Perskor, similar examples of the same sitter illustrated on page 160, cat. no 385, 386 and 387.
There are four known portraits of the same sitter by the artist, all painted in 1924. These works, including the present lot, are believed to depict a German architect, based on an account by the buyer of the second example, Mr Godfrey, who recalled the artist identifying the sitter as such.1
1. Dalene Marais (1994) Maggie Laubser: Her Paintings, Drawings and Graphics, Johannesburg and Cape Town: Perskor, page 160.
Provenance
Property of an Important Collector.
Exhibited
South African National Gallery, Cape Town, Maggie Laubser Retrospective Exhibition, 1986, cat. no. 41.
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