Strauss & co - 20 May 2013, Johannesburg

201 299 Johannes PHOKELA south african 1966– Original Sin – Fall of the Damned as Damaged, 1959 signed on the reverse mixed media on panel 86 by 66 cm R40 000–60 000 notes Based on the seventeenth century painting Fall of the Damned by Peter Paul Rubens that was vandalised in 1959. The current lot formed part of the artist’s master’s degree project at the Royal College of Art, London in 1993. This was the pivotal work that resulted in his development of the themes around which his master’s degree exhibition was based. In response to this body of work he was awarded second position in the prestigious John Moores Painting Prize, after Peter Doig. 1 Other works from this series are to be found in major private collections. 1. Regarded as Britain’s most prestigious painting prize, it is a biennial award for the best contemporary painting. The prize is named for Sir John Moores, noted philanthropist, who established the award in 1957.