
Lot 81
George Mnyalaza Milwa Pemba(South African, 1912-2001)Funeral
23 March 2011, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£30,000 - £50,000
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George Mnyalaza Milwa Pemba (South African, 1912-2001)
Funeral
signed and dated 'Pemba / 62' (lower left)
oil on canvasboard
35 x 45cm (13 3/4 x 17 11/16in).
signed and dated 'Pemba / 62' (lower left)
oil on canvasboard
35 x 45cm (13 3/4 x 17 11/16in).
Footnotes
LITERATURE:
S. Hudleston, Against All Odds George Pemba: His Life and Works, (Johannesburg, 1996), illustrated p.117
The present lot compares closely to the watercolour Funeral Procession (illustrated in Hudleston, 1996). That work is autobiographical, and depicts the young artist riding on the wagon carrying the coffin of his father, Titus, in 1928.
"So many people died and I was always going to funerals. They were a fact of our everyday lives - there was always someone dying. Even though I did not enjoy these events, they served to spark my imagination." (the artist as quoted in Hudleston, 1996, p.56)