Maggie (Maria Magdalena) Laubser (South African, 1886-1973) Woman with protea
Maggie (Maria Magdalena) Laubser (South African, 1886-1973)
Young girl with head scarf holding a protea
signed 'M Laubser' (lower right)
oil on board
50 x 44cm (19 11/16 x 17 5/16in).
Sold for £66,000 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • LITERATURE:
    D. Marais, Maggie Laubser, her paintings, drawings and graphics (Johannesburg, 1994), illus. p.246, cat. no. 889, titled 'Portrait of a young girl with head scarf holding a protea; landscape with clouds in background'


    At the time of the publication of Marais's catalogue raisonné the whereabouts of the present lot were unknown; only a photograph survived from the artist's inventory.

Category: Fine Art / South African Art


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