Strauss & co - 12 October 2015, Cape Town

502 Maurice Charles Louis VAN ESSCHE SOUTH AFRICAN 1 906-1977 Melancholic Harlequin signed oil on canvas 68 by 42cm R100 000–150 000 Carl Büchner. (1967) Van Essche , Cape Town, Tafelberg: His figures speak for the whole of humanity. The poignant resignation of his clowns [are a] symbol of man’s tragicomic existence. PROPERTY FROM THE RODWELL HOUSE COLLECTION | LOTS 495-510 211