Modern and Contemporary Art: Namibian Horizons

Timed Online Auction, 26 April - 8 May 2023

Namibian Horizons
About the Session

Strauss & Co is excited to present a special focus that celebrates Namibian landscape art. The auction presents a rare opportunity for art collectors to own a piece of Namibia's natural beauty through a stunning collection of extraordinary and pristine Namibian landscape paintings and other subjects by Namibian artists. The auction will showcase a diverse range of artworks, including oil paintings, watercolours, and works on paper.

Visitors can view the paintings at a special preview exhibition Monday to Friday, 10 am to 5 pm at the Strauss & Co Cape Town office, Brickfield Canvas, Brickfield Road, Woodstock.


  • John Muafangejo; Old Fashion
  • John Muafangejo; Old Fashion
  • John Muafangejo; Old Fashion


Lot Estimate
ZAR 4 000 - 6 000

About this Item

Namibian 1943-1987
Old Fashion

signed, dated 1984 and numbered 112/200 in pencil in the margin and inscribed with artist's name, date and the title in the block

linocut on paper
image size: 29,5 by 21cm; 73,5 by 53,5 by 2cm including frame

Provenance

Private Collection, Cape Town.

Literature

Alan Crump and Olga Levinson (1988) John Muafangejo (1943-1987), Johannesburg: Standard Bank and the 1820 Foundation, a similar example illustrated with the title 'The old fashion in Okuanjama', cat. no. 75.

Orde Levinson (ed) (1992) I was Lonelyness: The Complete Graphic Works of John Muafangejo, Cape Town: Struik Winchester, another impression from the edition illustrated on page 226, cat. no. 204.

Helen Vale (ed) (2010) John Ndevasia Muafangejo (1943-1987): Etchings, Woodcuts and Linocuts from the Collection of the Arts Association Heritage Trust, Windhoek: Arts Association Heritage Trust, a similar example illustrated with the title 'The old fashion in Okuanjama' on page 104.

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