Modern & Contemporary African Art

IRMA STERN | THE YELLOW SHAWL

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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