Maud Sumner
Still Life with Proteas and Silvertree Leaves in a Vase
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 120 000 - 160 000
Selling Price
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Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 125 180
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About this Item
South African 1902-1985
Still Life with Proteas and Silvertree Leaves in a Vase
1946
signed
oil on canvas
53,5 by 64cm excluding frame
Notes
The present lot was painted in 1946 when Sumner was staying in Cape Town at the house of Professor Robert Harold Compton, Director of Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens from 1919 - 1953, and founder of the Compton Herbarium. The vibrant proteas depicted include pin-cushion and silvertree leaves that the artist often selected on her visits to the Cape. The Persian kelim is also a favoured recurring feature, see Strauss & Co, Johannesburg, 4 June, 2018, lot 53.
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