Vibrating Figure
Alexis Preller (South African, 1911 - 1975)
53
ZAR 1,200,000 - ZAR 1,600,000
Oil on panel in the artist's handmade frame
Paintings
50.5 cm - 25.5 cm (19.88 in - 10.04 in)
52
58,5 by 53 by 6,5cm including frame; inscribed with the artist's name and the title on a gallery and Pretoria Art Museum label adhered to the reverse

Signed / Inscribed
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Modern and Contemporary Art: Evening Sale
Nov 06, 2023
Frieda Harmsen, 1953, and thence by descent.
Esmé Berman and Karel Nel (2009) Alexis Preller: Collected Images, Johannesburg: Shelf Publishing, a detail is illustrated in black and white on page 93 and in colour on page 110. Esmé Berman and Karel Nel (2009) Alexis Preller: Africa, the Sun and Shadows, Johannesburg: Shelf Publishing, illustrated in colour on page 156.
Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria, Retrospective exhibition, 1972. HAUM Gallery, Cape Town, 1953.
Modern & Contemporary Art
Vibrating Figure
53
ZAR 1,200,000 - ZAR 1,600,000
Oil on panel in the artist's handmade frame
Paintings
50.5 cm - 25.5 cm (19.88 in - 10.04 in)
52
58,5 by 53 by 6,5cm including frame; inscribed with the artist's name and the title on a gallery and Pretoria Art Museum label adhered to the reverse

Signed / Inscribed
Signedin to unlock
Nov 06, 2023
Frieda Harmsen, 1953, and thence by descent.
Esmé Berman and Karel Nel (2009) Alexis Preller: Collected Images, Johannesburg: Shelf Publishing, a detail is illustrated in black and white on page 93 and in colour on page 110. Esmé Berman and Karel Nel (2009) Alexis Preller: Africa, the Sun and Shadows, Johannesburg: Shelf Publishing, illustrated in colour on page 156.
Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria, Retrospective exhibition, 1972. HAUM Gallery, Cape Town, 1953.
Modern & Contemporary Art