Lot 73
  • 73

CLAUDETTE SCHREUDERS | Marky-Boy

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 GBP
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Description

  • Claudette Schreuders
  • Marky-Boy
  • avocado wood and enamel paint
  • 65 by 29.2 by 16cm., 25¾ by 11½ by 6¼in.
  • Executed in 1998

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist in October 1998

Exhibited

New York City, The Museum of African Art, Liberated Voices: Contemporary Art from South Africa, 1999-2000, no. 46, illustrated in catalogue p. 172
Tempe, Arizona State University Art Museum, The Long Day: Sculpture by Claudette Schreuders, March 20-June 19, 2004, illustrated in the catalogue; San Diego, University Art Gallery, San Diego State University, September 13-October 13, 2004; Richmond, Hand Art Center; Atlanta, Atlanta College of Art Gallery; Johannesburg, Warren Siebrits Gallery 

Literature

Rory Bester, Faye Hirsch, Antjie Krog, Claudette Schreuders, London and New York, illustrated in colour p. 70

Condition

The work displays some surface marks and dirt. There are cracks to the wood that are typical of the material, the most significant being a crack to the head and to the chest, as visible in the catalogue illustration. The joint between the shoulder and the right arm is slightly loose and the peg join is visible.
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