Strauss & co - 19 November 2015, Johannesburg

EDUCATION ENDOWMENT AUCTION 86 120 ROSEMARIE MARIOTT SOUTH AFRICAN 20TH CENTURY Relaas III signed, dated 2010, numbered W/P, inscribed with the title in pencil and embossed with the Artist Proof Studio chop mark linocut sheet size: 197 by 102 cm; image size: 179,5 by 88,5 cm R15 000 – 20 000 Rosemarie Marriott is an artist based in Johannesburg. She was born and grew up on a farm in the Kuruman district, Northern Cape. She obtained a BA Degree from UNISA and an Advanced Diploma (Fine Arts) from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Marriott has had numerous solo exhibitions in South Africa and Africa since 1986, and has also participated in group exhibitions throughout the continent of Africa. Her work is multi-layered and abundant in content, pushing the limits of the materials she uses. She employs materials that are often unusual, such as animal hides, antelope parts and bones. In her drawings and linocuts, she engages viscerally with the surface of the paper she uses. Her work can be found in private, public and corporate collections in South Africa and abroad.