From the Professor Jan K Coetzee Collection

Live Virtual Auction, 9 November 2021

From the Professor Jan K Coetzee Collection

Sold for

ZAR 17 588
Lot 318
  • Christo Coetzee; Abstract Composition
  • Christo Coetzee; Abstract Composition
  • Christo Coetzee; Abstract Composition
  • Christo Coetzee; Abstract Composition
  • Christo Coetzee; Abstract Composition


Lot Estimate
ZAR 20 000 - 25 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 17 588

About this Item

South African 1929-2000
Abstract Composition

signed

mixed media with oil on board
60 by 29cm excluding frame; 64 by 33 by 3cm including frame

Notes

This work was created during Coetzee’s stay in Paris (1956-1961) and forms part of his vigorous, challenging, and expressive approach to abstract painting. During this time he came into contact with the influential theorist and critic Michel Tapié de Céleyran and gallery owner Rudolphe Stadler, both of whom held his artistic body of work in high regard. Tapié provided a theoretical framework for Coetzee’s own intuitive and organic approach and Stadler became a significant promoter and collector of Coetzee’s work.

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