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Live Virtual Auction, 8 - 11 November 2020

The Tasso Foundation Collection

Sold for

ZAR 193 460
Lot 373
  • Tapfuma Gutsa; Birth of the Zambezi
  • Tapfuma Gutsa; Birth of the Zambezi


Lot Estimate
ZAR 80 000 - 120 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 193 460

About this Item

Zimbabwean 1956-
Birth of the Zambezi
1989

signed with the artist's initials and indistinctly numbered 

opal stone
height: 140cm

Notes

Accompanied by a plaque inscribed 'Spirit of our country. The great river is like the body of a woman, the source of life'.

Provenance

The Tasso Foundation Collection of Important South African Art assembled by the Late Giulio Bertrand of Morgenster Estate.

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