Sale
16848 - The South African Sale part 2, 14 Oct 2009
New Bond Street
Lot No: 48*
Maria Magdalena ("Maggie") Laubser (South African, 1886-1973)
A Pondo woman
signed 'M. Laubser' (lower right)
oil on board
51 x 40cm (20 1/16 x 15 3/4in).
Sold for £168,000 inclusive of Buyer's Premium
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Footnote:
PROVENANCE:
Gifted by the artist to Dr & Mrs C. Frank
Thence by descent to the current owner
EXHIBITED:
Pretoria, Judge L.C. Steyn's house, 1946
LITERATURE:
D. Marais, Maggie Laubser, her paintings, drawings and graphics (Johannesburg, 1994), illus. p.246, cat. no. 893
The use of the thatched hut in the background of this work, and others similar in Marais' monograph (op. cit. cat nos. 896, 901 & 902), was inspired by the artist's visit to the Transvaal and Free State.
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