Strauss & co - 8 October 2012, Cape Town

201 567 Christo COETZEE SOUTH AFRICAN 1929-2001 Self Portrait signed and dated 82; signed, dated 82, inscribed with the title and ‘ Ou cela que furibond faute. De quelque perdition haute. Tout l’abime vain éployé’ on the reverse mixed media on canvas and shaped perspex 185 by 185cm R60 000 – 80 000 The inscription is from the poem À La Nue Accablante Tu by Stéphane Mallarmé (1842 -1898) translated from French: ‘Or will that which in fury defaulted. From some perdition exalted. The vain abyss outspread.’ 568 Christo COETZEE SOUTH AFRICAN 1929-2001 Franco signed, dated 77, numbered 6 and inscribed twice with the title mixed media on paper 63 by 50cm R10 000 – 15 000 569 Christo COETZEE SOUTH AFRICAN 1929-2001 Still Life signed, dated 70 and numbered 81 watercolour and coloured pencil on paper 52,5 by 37cm R10 000 – 15 000 567