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Lot 524: John Muafangejo - Adam and Eve

Est: R8,000 ZAR - R12,000 ZAR
Strauss & CoCape Town, South AfricaOctober 15, 2018

Item Overview

Description

John Muafangejo
Adam and Eve
signed and inscribed 'Ovambo' in the plate; signed, dated 1968, numbered 4/ad and inscribed 'Adam and Eva' (sic) in pencil in the margin; inscribed with the title on two Peter and Regina Strack labels with accession number 233 and collection number 70 adhered to the reverse

linocut
image size: 63 by 52,5cm; sheet size: 70 by 63,5cm

Artist or Maker

Literature

Nico Roos (1978). Art in South West Africa, Pretoria: JP van der Walt & Seun (Edms) Bpk. Another example from the edition illustrated on page 72.
Hans Fransen (1982). Three Centuries of South African Art: Fine Art Architecture, Applied Arts, Johannesburg: AD Donker. Another example from the edition illustrated on page 362, Pretoria Art Museum Collection.
Hayden Proud (2006). Revisions: Expanding the Narrative of South African Art, SA History Online and UNISA Press. Another example from the edition is illustrated on page 348, plate 360.

Provenance

The Late Peter and Regina Strack Collection.

Auction Details

Important South African & International Art, Decorative Arts

by
Strauss & Co
October 15, 2018, 10:30 AM CAT

The Vineyard Hotel Colinton Road (off Protea Road), Newlands, Cape Town, 7725, ZA