Strauss & co - 19 November 2015, Johannesburg

EDUCATION ENDOWMENT AUCTION 36 83 ADRIAN KOHLER SOUTH AFRICAN 20TH CENTURY Penelope signed, numbered 4/12, inscribed with the title in pencil and embossed with the Artist Proof Studio chop mark in the margin linocut sheet size: 185 by 81 cm; image size: 158,5 by 59 cm R20 000 – 30 000 Adrian Kohler is the co-founder (with Basil Jones) and Artistic Director of Handspring Puppet Company. He is considered to be one of the world’s leading masters of his medium. Kohler completed a BA in Fine Art at the University of Cape Town. He then spent a year at The Space Theatre (the city’s only non-racial venue at the time) and another year in Birmingham U.K. at the Cannon Hill Arts Centre and Weld Community Arts Centre. Kohler then moved to Botswana to run the National Popular Theatre Programme for three years. His puppets for Handspring have been widely acclaimed and exhibited. His puppets are held in public and private collections including the Constitutional Court in South Africa, the Munich Stadtmuseum in Germany, and the Old Mutual Art Collection. Kohler has been collaborating on a series of etchings, linocuts and lithographs in collaboration with Artist Proof Studio that depict many of the world’s most famous puppets designed by Handspring Puppet Company.