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Swazi Girls with Fruit by Irma Stern

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Description

ObjectFormType: 

  • Oil on canvas

ObjectTechniqueType: 

  • Painting (oil)

Colours: 

  • Yellow and red

DistinguishingFeatures: 

Signed and dated 1928

Inscriptions: 

1928
TypeValueUnit
105.00
85.00
History

ObjectAge: 

96 years 4 months ago

Maker: 

Irma Stern

Provenance: 

Purchased 1968/69 in Cape Town by Mr Ben Jacobson (founding member Anglo American Shipping Company).  On his death in 1976 it was inherited by a cousin, who then sold the painting in 2003 through Johans Borman Fine Art Gallery to a private collector.

From 2003 to 2016 the painting was in the collection of the same private collector.

In 2016, Die Kunkamer was approached to sell the painting on behalf of the private collector

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