25th Jun, 2025 19:00
Modern & Contemporary Art
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Marlene Dumas (South Africa 1953-)
The King
lithograph on newspaper
Artwork date: 1974
Signature details: signed, dated and inscribed with the title in pencil in the margin
Sold for R46,900
Estimated at R40,000 - R60,000
Condition Report
The overall condition is good.
Minor creasing in areas consistant with the nature of the paper.
Minor abrasion leading to medium loss in the center.
Frame slightly loose along the edges.
Please note, we are not qualified conservators and these reports give our opinion as to the general condition of the works. We advise that bidders view the lots in person to satisfy themselves with the condition of prospective purchases.
lithograph on newspaper
Artwork date: 1974
Signature details: signed, dated and inscribed with the title in pencil in the margin
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image size: 33 x 42 cm, framed size: 50 x 57.5 x 1.5 cm
Provenance:
Private collection, Johannesburg.
COLLECTOR'S NOTE
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In May 2025 Marlene Dumas’ Miss January (1995) set a new world auction record for a work by a woman artist, selling for USD 13 635 000 in New York.
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Locally, the South African auction record for the artist is R 6 400 000 for Love Lost (1973/4) set in 2019 at Aspire Art.
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Dumas has been the subject of numerous major institutional exhibitions, including The Image as Burden at the Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam, 2014), Tate Modern (London, 2015) and Fondation Beyeler (Basel, 2015); Marlene Dumas: open-end at Palazzo Grassi (Venice, 2022); Le Spleen de Paris at the Musée d'Orsay (Paris, 2021) and Nom de Personne at Centre Pompidou (Paris, 2001).
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Her first major retrospective was adapted for three continents: Broken White (Japan); Intimate Relations (South Africa); and Measuring Your Own Grave at MoMA, New York. This was followed by her second retrospective, The Image as Burden (2014–15), which travelled to the Stedelijk Museum, Tate Modern, and Fondation Beyeler.
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Dumas has been the subject of numerous publications and scholarly texts. Notable examples include Sweet Nothings: Notes & Texts (2014) and Marlene Dumas (Phaidon, 2014), the first comprehensive monograph on the artist.
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Among her many accolades are the Düsseldorf Art Prize (2007), the Rolf Schock Prize in Visual Arts (2011), the Johannes Vermeer Award (2012), and the Hans Theo Richter Prize for Drawing and Graphic Art (2017), awarded by the Saxon Academy of Arts in Dresden.
COLLECTIONS:
The artist is represented in numerous local and international collections, notably, the Art Institute of Chicago; Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, North Carolina; National Portrait Gallery, London; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam; Tate Modern, London; The Long Museum, Shanghai; and the National Museum of Art, Osaka.
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Auction: Modern & Contemporary Art, 25th Jun, 2025
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