Strauss & co - 10 October 2016, Cape Town

600 Maggie (Maria Magdalena) LAUBSER SOUTH AFRICAN 1 886-1973 Portrait of a Girl, Leaves in the Background signed; signed and dated 1936 on the reverse charcoal on brown paper 60 by 47cm R100 000–150 000 PROVENANCE Acquired from the artist by the current owner’s father EXHIBITED Royal Institute Galleries, London, May 1937 LITERATURE Dalene Marais. (1994) Maggie Laubser: her paintings, drawings and graphics , Johannesburg and Cape Town: Perskor. Illustrated on page 239, catalogue number 848. 280