20 Mar 2013
14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street
The South African Sale, including "A focus on William Kentridge"
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The South African Sale, including "A focus on William Kentridge"
Back to auction 20617
Vladimir Griegorovich Tretchikoff (South African, 1913-2006)
Balinese dancer
signed 'Tretchikoff' (lower left)
oil on canvas
59 x 122cm (23 1/4 x 48 1/16in).
signed 'Tretchikoff' (lower left)
oil on canvas
59 x 122cm (23 1/4 x 48 1/16in).
Sold for
£43,250
inc. premium
Footnotes
- "All the mystic fascination of the women of the Orient has been captured in this canvas. The baffling subtlety of the expression contains all that the mind of the West finds difficult to grasp in Eastern passivity of purpose."
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
R. Buncher, Tretchikoff, (Cape Town, 1950)
H. Timmins, Tretchikoff, (London, 1969)
Category: Fine Art / South African Art
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