Modern & Contemporary African Art
Modern & Contemporary African Art
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October 9, 03:16 PM GMT
Estimate
400,000 - 600,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
IRMA STERN
South African
1894-1966
THE YELLOW SHAWL
signed and dated 1939 (upper left)
oil on canvas
77 by 67cm., 30¼ by 26¼in.
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Private Collection, South Africa, acquired directly from the artist c. 1960
Acquired from the above by the present owner
‘Irma Stern’s Latest Exhibition’ in The Zionist Record, 31 October 1941
R. Feldman, ‘Social Aspect of Irma Stern’s Work’, Forward, 31 October 1941
Joseph Sachs, Irma Stern and The Spirit Of Africa, (Pretoria, 1942), titled ‘The Yellow Shawl’, illustrated in b&w
R. Feldman, ‘Art and Modern Culture’, Forward, 10 April 1942
Cape Town, Exhibition of Oil Paintings, Water Colours and Sculpture by Irma Stern, Sun Buildings, 1939, no. 1, titled ‘Yellow Shawl’, 40 gns
Johannesburg, Irma Stern, Gainsborough Galleries, October 1941, no. 19, titled ‘Malay Girl in Yellow Shawl’, 50 gns
Durban, Irma Stern, Durban Art Gallery, March 1946, no. 6, titled ‘The Yellow Shawl’