Strauss & co - 7 November 2016, Johannesburg

140 207 Dorothy Moss KAY south african 1886–1964 Variations on a Theme signed and dated 1959; inscribed with the title and artist’s name on a South African National Gallery label adhered to the reverse oil on board 85 by 61 cm R200 000 – 300 000 exhibited South African National Gallery, Cape Town, Dorothy Kay, June 1982, catalogue number 67 Eastern Province Society of Arts and Crafts, 42nd Exhibition, 13–24 October 1959 literature Marjorie Reynolds (ed.) (1991) The Elvery Family; A Memory: Dorothy Kay , Cape Town: The Carrefour Press. Illustrated in colour on page 182. Marjorie Reynolds (1989) Everything You Do is a Portrait of Yourself: Dorothy Kay, A Biography , Rosebank: Alec Marjorie Reynolds. Pages 359,361–365 and 378. Illustrated in colour on page 361.