Strauss & co - 11 November 2013, Johannesburg

148 213 Rosamund King EVERARD-STEENKAMP south african 1907–1946 Barberton Daisies signed; inscribed with the title, ‘Everard’ and ‘price six guineas’on the reverse oil on canvas laid down on board 37 by 45 cm R180 000–240 000 exhibited Adler Fielding Gallery, Johannesburg notes Barberton Daisies 1 is a vibrant composition punctuated by the dancing flowerheads spilling from the neck of a simple cream vase. Flat planes of brilliant colour unite on the two-dimensional canvas creating a vibrant decorative surface. The net result being ‘less of an interpretation of nature… [rather] a formal pattern imposed upon nature. An extremely complex yet logical relationship of curves, horizontals, and uprights… Her composition relies on the structural stress of colour and shape in a formal relationship to each other.’ 2 1. Indigenous to South Eastern Africa and commonly known as the Barberton daisy, the Transvaal daisy, and as Barbertonse madeliefie in Afrikaans. 2. Maria Stein-Lessing, Our Art 2: Bertha Everard and Rosamund Everard-Steenkamp, Foundation for Education, Science and Technology, Pretoria, 1961, page 32