2nd Jun, 2019 9:00
Modern & Contemporary Art
70
Constance Stuart Larrabee (United Kingdom 1914-2000)
Early Ndebele linaga and three untitled prints (from the Ndebele series)
gelatin silver print
Sold for R18,760
Estimated at R20,000 - R30,000
gelatin silver print
(4)
Acquired from the artist on the occasion of her visit to Johannesburg in 1983 for the opening of her solo exhibition at the Natalie Knight Gallery, Johannesburg Upon her death in 2000, the artist’s entire extant archive of over 9,000 negatives and 3,000 prints was entrusted to various institutions connected to the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., in which can be found either a negative or print of every image from her Ndebele series.
Notes:
Accompanied by the books: Knight, N. and Priebatsch, S. (1983).Ndebele Images. Johannesburg: Studio Press and Knight, N. (2017) The Big Picture. Johannesburg: Batya Bricker, Early Ndebele linaga illustrated p.25. A personal friend of her Pretoria contemporary Alexis Preller, Constance Stuart Larrabee's vast oeuvre includes images made throughout South Africa, Europe and North America. As South Africa's first female war photographer, she worked alongside painter Terrance McCaw in Italy, documenting the desolation of WWII. Pre-dating WWII, and among her earliest personal projects, her image of Ndebele communities in the Pretoria area reflect the compositional sensibilities of her Bauhaus-influenced training in Germany. Up until her death in 2000, Larrabee was resistant to post-Apartheid readings of her work. She remained committed to a belief that these images were simply intimate portraits of everyday life and culture, saying in an interview with the Yale Centre for British Art in 1995: "I had great respect for [the Ndebele] people, and it was a privilege to take the photographs." Wilcox, S. (1995). Constance Stuart Larrabee: Time Exposure. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Centre for British Art and Herlin Press, p.15. , from an open edition
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Auction: Modern & Contemporary Art, 2nd Jun, 2019
Aspire Art Auctions presented a focused and insightfully compiled selection of top-quality modern and contemporary art in their latest sale in Johannesburg.
The company’s commitment to innovation led to a bold and signature move in this sale, which featured a special section dedicated to photography. The medium has been traditionally strong among South African artists but has been without a proper focus in the local auction market. The ground-breaking segment featured a wide range of the most important South African photographers, including Pieter Hugo, David Goldblatt, Guy Tillim, and Zanele Muholi. In addition, the sale starred a number of the market’s big signatures – Alexis Preller J.H. Pierneef, Gerard Sekoto, and Maggie Laubser and top contemporary artists including, Diane Victor, and Wim Botha.
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