Strauss & co - 8 October 2012, Cape Town

181 524 Robert Griffiths HODGINS SOUTH AFRICAN 1920-2010 A Massacre and Three Witnesses, two works conjoined each signed and dated ‘85 on the reverse oil and acrylic on shaped canvas and board 51,5 by 40,5cm R30 000 – 50 000 Accompanied by a copy of the publication in which this painting is illustrated PROVENANCE A gift from the artist to the current owner LITERATURE Sue Williamson, Resistance Art in South Africa, Double Storey Books, Cape Town, 1989, page 52, illustrated in colour 525 Robert Griffiths HODGINS SOUTH AFRICAN 1920-2010 The Hangman with the Hare Lip signed and dated ‘85/’86; inscribed with the title and dated 1985 - 1986 on a label adhered to the reverse oil on board 50,5 by 35cm R50 000 – 70 000 PROVENANCE The Collection of Professor Alan Crump EXHIBITED Observatory Museum, Standard Bank National Arts Festival, Grahamstown Gertrude Posel Gallery, Senate House, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, UBU: +/- 101, 1997, catalogue number 58 LITERATURE Rory Doepel, UBU: +/- 101, French Institute of South Africa and the Art Galleries, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1997, page 64, figure 70, illustrated 524 525