Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts and Jewellery

Live Auction, 7 October 2019

Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art

Sold for

ZAR 455 200
Lot 630
  • Ezrom Legae; Reclining Figure I


Lot Estimate
ZAR 200 000 - 300 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 455 200

About this Item

South African 1938-1999
Reclining Figure I
1967

signed with the artist's initials and numbered I/X

bronze, mounted on a wooden base
13,5 by 27 by 21cm; base 6,5cm

Notes

We wish to thank Dr Gavin Watkins for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.

Provenance

The Andrew Newall Collection.

Literature

Elza Miles (2004) Polly Street: The Story of an Art Centre. Pretoria: The Ampersand Foundation. Illustrated on page 114, figure 137 (with the title Sprawled Figure).

Elizabeth Burroughs and Karel Nel (2018) Re/discovery and Memory: The Works of Kumalo, Legae, Nitegeka and Villa, Cape Town: Norval Foundation. Illustrated on page 180, figure 7, with the titled Figure Resting on Arm and on page 198.

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