Important South African Art
Live Auction, 7 November 2011
Day Sale
Lot Estimate
ZAR 20 000 - 30 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 22 280
About this Item
After Pranas Domsaitis
Lithuanian/South African 1880-1965
Two Rural Scenes
tapestry
31 by 34cm; 27 by 28cm
Notes
These tapestries are part of a project by Domsaitis designed to create skills for unemployed Lithuanian women on the farm where he lived. The first is a fishing scene, and the second a farming scene with goats. There are five such works recorded, with three being in the collection of the South African National Gallery, Cape Town.
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