Ruth Everard Haden (South African, 1904-1992)
Nude seated on a green cushion
signed 'Ruth Everard' (lower right)
oil on canvas
80 x 64cm (31 1/2 x 25 3/16in).
signed 'Ruth Everard' (lower right)
oil on canvas
80 x 64cm (31 1/2 x 25 3/16in).
Estimate:
£5,000 - 8,000
ZAR 72,000 - 120,000
US$ 7,500 - 12,000
ZAR 72,000 - 120,000
US$ 7,500 - 12,000
Footnotes
- PROVENANCE:
Acquired by Mr Nico Prinsloo directly from the artist
Thence by direct descent to the current owner
Another picture, Nude, depicting a similar subject in a similar pose, is illustrated in The Everard Phenomenon (p.88, cat. 29).
The present lot was most likely painted by the artist while she spent time in well known studios in Paris.
'One is aware that [this is a work] painted after acquaintance with contemporary movements; Cubism, Vorticism, Futurism, and the work of Cezanne and Matisse.'(Ibid.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
The Everard Phenomenon: an exhibition of paintings by the Everard family curated for the Standard Bank Gallery, (Johannesburg, 2000)
Category: Fine Art / South African Art
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