17th Jul, 2017 17:00

Historic, Modern & Contemporary Art

 
Lot 119
 
Lot 119 - Irma Stern (South Africa 1894-1966)

119

Irma Stern (South Africa 1894-1966)
Mother and child

fibre glass relief

Sold for R90,944
Estimated at R80,000 - R120,000


Condition Report

To be cleaned and retouched.

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fibre glass relief

(1)

33 x 45 x 5 cm

The Freda Feldman collection and thence by descent.

Notes:

Although Irma Stern is primarily known for her two-dimensional works, her sculptural, ceramic and relief art is highly accomplished and significant in understanding her methods of modelling the nude figure. The subject of the mother and child is one that the childless Stern returned to many times throughout her career, perhaps a reflection of her own love for medieval and early Renaissance art showing the Virgin and baby Jesus. The present work shows figures that are contained within a thick border, evocative of the framing devices she preferred for her major paintings, with the illustrative elements tightly constrained and thus, the latent energy of this seemingly placid and tranquil scene greatly accentuated.

Andrew Lamprecht

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Auction: Historic, Modern & Contemporary Art, 17th Jul, 2017

Aspire Art Auctions’ second Johannesburg sale offered a selection of some of the best works produced by local and international artists available on the local market. Offerings included Cameroonian-born, Belgium-based, Pascale Marthine Tayou, Chilean, Eugenio Dittborn, and South Africans, William Kentridge, Kendell Geers, Louis Maqhubela, Cecil Skotnes, Maggie Laubser, Irma Stern, and Mohau Modisakeng, amongst others.

The sale was led by an international auction record of R1 200 320 achieved for a drawing, Children under Apartheid, by exiled South African artist Dumile Feni, as well as the successful sale of top international lot Golden Mask by renowned performance artist Marina Abramović. 

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