Strauss & co - 19 November 2015, Johannesburg

31 EDUCATION ENDOWMENT AUCTION 78 GERHARD MARX SOUTH AFRICAN 1976– Untitled (Hare); Unitled (Ribcage); Untitled (Pigeons), three each signed, dated 2012, numbered B.A.T in pencil and embossed with the Artist Proof Studio chop mark in the margin etching sheet sizes: 31 by 35 cm; image sizes: 15 by 21 cm R12 000 – 16 000 Gerhard Marx was born in 1976 and received his MA in Fine Art from the University of the Wit-watersrand. He is an artist, theatre director, and filmmaker. In his visual art practice, Marx works across a number of media, including drawing and printmaking. Working with fragmented and collaged image, his drawings reveal a sensitivity and acute attention to detail. In 2009 he and Kentridge created Firewalker, a large sculpture for the foot of the Queen Elizabeth Bridge in Johannesburg. Marx’s recent theatre productions have included They Say , for the Aardklop Na-tional Arts Festival, which was the winner of the Bravo Award for Most Memorable Moment at the festival, and Rewind: A Cantata For Voice, Tape and Testimony, with an interactive film by Gerhard and Maja Marx and music by Philip Miller. Marx has received fellowships from the Ampersand Foundation and the Sundance Film Festival.