Willem Boshoff
Prehistoric Dice II
From the Professor Jan K Coetzee Collection
Lot Estimate
ZAR 150 000 - 200 000
Selling Price
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ZAR 113 800
Auction Catalogue
About this Item
South African 1951-
Prehistoric Dice II
2013
edition 2/3
polished Belfast granite dice on an engraved Transkei granite base
the first, height: 17cm; width: 24cm; depth: 18cm; the second, height: 23cm, width: 30cm; length: 43cm; the third, height: 21cm; width: 35cm; depth 34cm; the base: 125,5 by 100 by 30cm
Notes
The text on the base reads: QUOD FATUM (done deal/sealed fate); QUO FATA FERUNT (where the fates bear us to - the motto of Bermuda); AMOR FATI (love of fate); SIC ERAT IN FATIS (so it was fated).
The work (in an edition of 3) looks at the probability factor in the way our species proliferates and how many others come to an end. The dice are symbolic of our chances in the chaos of the universe. Edition 1 of this work is in a private collection in South Africa, and Edition 3 is in a collection in The Netherlands.
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