From the Professor Jan K Coetzee Collection

Live Virtual Auction, 9 November 2021

From the Professor Jan K Coetzee Collection

Sold for

ZAR 11 725
Lot 298
  • Dumisani Mabaso; Umam’am (My Mother)
  • Dumisani Mabaso; Umam’am (My Mother)
  • Dumisani Mabaso; Umam’am (My Mother)
  • Dumisani Mabaso; Umam’am (My Mother)
  • Dumisani Mabaso; Umam’am (My Mother)


Lot Estimate
ZAR 10 000 - 15 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 11 725
Location
Cape Town

About this Item

South African 1955-2013
Umam’am (My Mother)

signed, dated 08 and inscribed with the title in pencil in the margin; inscribed with the artist's name, the title, and the medium on a Gallery Momo label adhered to the reverse

oil on paper
74 by 54cm excluding frame; 89 by 68 by 4cm including frame

Notes

The artist told the present owner that the image depicts his memory of being a 10-year-old child sitting on the ground, looking up at his mother, who was fatally wounded during an attack.

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