Strauss & co - 10 October 2016, Cape Town

504 Malcolm John PAYNE SOUTH AFRICAN 1 946- Colour Test signed, dated ‘74, numbered 3/3 and further dated 2nd July 2010 in pencil in the margin colour screenprint 60 by 88cm R30 000–50 000 LITERATURE cf. Sue Williamson. (1989) Resistance Art in South Africa , Cape Town: David Philip. A similiar example illustrated in colour on page 80. cf. Esmé Berman. (1983) Art & Artists of South Africa , Goodwood: National Book Printers. A similar example illustrated on page 321. Berman writes on Payne’s first solo exhibition after his return from studying in London:“Among the items on view was the innovative screenprint, Colour Test , in which he made use of a 63 by 90cm enlargement of his personal Identity Card, replacing the portrait photograph with a replica of the standard multiple-dot test for colour- blindness. The integration of these ‘readymade’ componenents produced a statement that was both artistically valid and conceptually significant.” Similiar examples form part of the Iziko National Gallery Permanent Collection and the Wits Art Museum. 505 Willie (William) BESTER SOUTH AFRICAN 1 956- Protest signed and dated 1990 oil on board 46 by 72cm R20 000–30 000 505 505 504 194