Strauss & co - 10 October 2016, Cape Town

597 Maurice Charles Louis VAN ESSCHE SOUTH AFRICAN 1 906-1977 Congolese Figures signed oil on board 58,5 by 48,5cm R150 000–200 000 Inscribed on the reverse: ‘Bought by student of van Essche at Michaelis Art School, UCT. Picture sent to the São Paolo Biennale in South America in 1964.’ 277