Lot 4
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MIKHAEL SUBOTZKY | Cell 33, E2 Section (5), Pollsmoor Maximum Security Prison, Die Vier Hoeke series, 2004

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • Mikhael Subotzky
  • Cell 33, E2 Section (5), Pollsmoor Maximum Security Prison, Die Vier Hoeke series, 2004
  • 5 of an edition of 9 
  • inkjet print on cotton rag paper, printed in 2014
  • 46.9 by 126.4cm., 18½ by 49¾in. (image); 55.9 by 134.5cm., 22 by 53in. (sheet)

Provenance

Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg/Cape Town
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2014 

Exhibited

Cape Town, Pollsmoor Prison, Die Vier Hoeke in Nelson Mandela's Cell at Pollsmoor Prison, 2005 (another example)
Johannesburg, Goodman Gallery, Dier Vier Hoeke and Umjiegwana, 2006 (another example) 
Johannesburg, Constitution Hill, Die Vier Hoeke, 2006 (another example) 
Paris, Goodman Gallery, Paris Photo, 2012 (another example)
Breda, Goodman Gallery, BredaPhoto, 2012 (another example)
Cape Town, Iziko South African National Gallery, Retinal Shift, 2012, illustrated in colour in the catalogue; Grahamstown, Monument Gallery, 2012; Port Elizabeth, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum, 2012; Pietermaritzburg, Tatham Art Gallery, 2012; Bloemfontein, Johannes Stegmann Art Gallery, 2012; Johannesburg, Standard Bank Gallery, 2013; Potchefstroom, University of Potchefstroom Art Gallery, 2013 (another example)
Verona, Studio La Citta, 2013 (another example)
Strasbourg, La Chambre, Commitment #2, 2013 (another example)
London, Saatchi Gallery, Pangaea II: New Art from Africa and Latin America, 2015, cat. no. 95, illustrated in colour in the catalogue p. 156-157

Condition

Please note that this work has not been examined outside of its frame. The colours remain rich and saturated with no apparent fading. The work appears to be in excellent condition.
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