From the Professor Jan K Coetzee Collection

Live Virtual Auction, 9 November 2021

From the Professor Jan K Coetzee Collection

Sold for

ZAR 23 450
Lot 313
  • David Brown; The Last Hatted Autocrat
  • David Brown; The Last Hatted Autocrat
  • David Brown; The Last Hatted Autocrat
  • David Brown; The Last Hatted Autocrat


Lot Estimate
ZAR 30 000 - 40 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 23 450

About this Item

South African 1951-2016
The Last Hatted Autocrat
1998

signed and numbered 3/8

bronze with a dark brown patina on a steel stand
height: 68cm; width: 76cm; depth: 26cm

Notes

This is a maquette of a bronze sculpture specifically commissioned to stand on a World War II bunker near Ostend in Belgium. The knotted penis draws attention to the futility and infertility of war.

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