Strauss & co - 26 September 2011, Cape Town

92 198 Alexander ROSE-INNES S OUTH A FRICAN 1915–1996 Young Girl with Auburn Hair signed pastel on paper 56 by 38cm R20 000 – 40 000 199 Carl Adolph BÜCHNER SOUTH AFRICAN 1921–2003 Portrait of a Girl signed oil on board 27,5 by 17cm R12 000 – 16 000 200 Carl Adolph BÜCHNER S OUTH A FRICAN 1921–2003 Abstract Face signed mixed media on paper 46 by 38,5cm R10 000 – 12 000 201 Johannes Petrus MEINTJES SOUTH AFRICAN 1923–1980 Self Portrait signed and indistinctly dated ‘42 charcoal heightened with white 38 by 34cm R12 000 – 16 000 202 Eugene LABUSCHAGNE SOUTH AFRICAN 1921–1990 Cubist Woman studio stamp signature gouache on paper 30,5 by 22cm R5 000 – 8 000 Eugene Labuschagne taught himself the major developments in art history by visiting art galleries in Paris and then by doing his own sketches. He always believed that Cubism was the single most important development in 20th century art. He did several “cubist” sketches of his wife, Lydia. He started off with a fairly straightforward representational drawing, which he modified in a series of sketches to teach himself what the Cubists were doing. He did not sign these sketches because he was not a Cubist. This one bears a studio stamp and was done in about 1948. 198 199 201