Irma Stern
Woman with Blue Headscarf
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 2 000 000 - 3 000 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 2 728 320
Auction Catalogue
About this Item
South African 1894-1966
Woman with Blue Headscarf
signed and dated 1956
oil on canvas
62 by 49,5cm excluding frame
Notes
Irma Stern's South African modernism combined elements of German Expressionism and Fauvism. Her portraits often played on the intrigue and exoticism of her sitters, but the artist never compromised on individual likeness or personality. The symbolic headscarf worn in the present lot might hint at the sitter's religion or background, but her unruffled, intimate gaze is as particular as it is unforgettable.
Provenance
The Collection of the Late Mrs Liselotte Hardebeck.
Purchased by the late owners from Gainsborough Galleries, 1956.
Exhibited
Gainsborough Galleries, Johannesburg, Irma Stern, 25 September 1956 - 8 October 1956.
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