| Praying Arab | |
| Irma Stern (South African, 1894 - 1966) | |
| 127 | |
ZAR 16,000,000 -
ZAR 18,000,000 | |
| Oil on canvas in an orginal hand-carved Zanzibar wooden frame | |
| Paintings | |
| 63 cm - 55 cm (24.8 in - 21.65 in) | |
| 1945 | |
80,5 by 67 by 6,5cm including frame | |
| Signed | |
| Signedin to unlock | |
| Modern and Contemporary Art Live Virtual Auction | |
| Sep 18, 2023 | |
| Dr Morris Cohen. Sotheby's, Johannesburg, 2 May 1984, lot 304. Private Collection. | |
| Irma Stern (1948) Zanzibar, Pretoria: J. L. Van Schaik, illustrated in black and white on page 11. Stephan Welz (1989) Art at Auction in South Africa, Johannesburg: AD Donker, illustrated in colour on page 161. Marion Arnold (1995) Irma Stern: A Feast for the Eye, Vlaeberg: Fernwood Press, exhibition catalogue, illustrated in colour on page 118 with the date 1943. | |
| Argus Gallery, Cape Town, Irma Stern: Exhibition of Paintings from Zanzibar, 1946. Bothner's Gallery, Johannesburg, Irma Stern: Exhibition of Paintings from Zanzibar, 1946. Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, Irma Stern: Expressions of a Journey, 2003, cat. no. 69 with the date 1943. Norval Foundation, Cape Town, The Zanzibari Years: Irma Stern, 3 November 2021 to 28 March 2022. | |
| Modern and Contemporary Art |