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Zwelidumile Geelboi Mgxaji Mhlaba "Dumile Feni" (South African, 1942-1991) A couple in an erotic posture image 1
Zwelidumile Geelboi Mgxaji Mhlaba "Dumile Feni" (South African, 1942-1991) A couple in an erotic posture image 2
Zwelidumile Geelboi Mgxaji Mhlaba "Dumile Feni" (South African, 1942-1991) A couple in an erotic posture image 3
Lot 60

Zwelidumile Geelboi Mgxaji Mhlaba "Dumile Feni"
(South African, 1942-1991)
A couple in an erotic posture

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Zwelidumile Geelboi Mgxaji Mhlaba "Dumile Feni" (South African, 1942-1991)

A couple in an erotic posture
bears defaced inscription (lower centre)
pen and ink
29 x 21cm (11 7/16 x 8 1/4in).

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Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist;
Sotheby's sale, 16 Oct 2018, lot 85;
A private collection.

This pen and ink drawing is characteristic of Dumile's erotic work. Unlike the soaring mythical lovers of the Baroque, Dumile's couple are firmly grounded, morphing in and out of one another with a robust physicality. The figures are frozen in a kind of agonised despair, their distorted bodies and sprawling legs convey the exquisite pain of human existence - a recurring theme in Dumile's work.

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