Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts and Jewellery
Live Auction, 7 October 2019
Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art
Lot Estimate
ZAR 80 000 - 100 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 142 250
About this Item
South African 1942-1999
Abstract Figures
circa 1960
signed
carved, incised and painted wood panel
91 by 106,5cm excluding frame
Notes
At a young age Sibiya met Bill Ainslie, who in turn introduced him to Cecil Skotnes. Skotnes accepted Sibiya as a private pupil, and it was Skotnes who introduced him to the incised and painted wood panel as medium1. EJ de Jager writes: “In these panels Sibiya has technically mastered his medium very successfully. The panels are cut in shallow relief and embellished with paint, and are presented as finished objects themselves.”2
- Johans Borman (ed.) (2016) Masterpiece, Cape Town: Johans Borman Fine Art. Page 54.
- EJ de Jager (1992) Images of Man: Contemporary South African Black Art and Artists, Alice: Fort Harare University Press. Pages 156-158.
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