Strauss & co - 16 October 2017, Cape Town

272 586 Alexis Preller SOUTH AFRICAN 1911-1975 Three Benin Figures inscribed with the artist’s name on the reverse oil on canvas laid down on panel 15 by 20cm R  –   PROVENANCE Acquired from Joan Hoather, Gainsborough Gallery, Johannesburg. LITERATURE cf. Esmé Berman and Karel Nel. (2009) Alexis Preller: Africa, the Sun and Shadows , Johannesburg: Shelf Publishing. The carved Benin Figure is illustrated on page 289. cf. Esmé Berman and Karel Nel. (2009) Alexis Preller: Collected Images , Johannesburg: Shelf Publishing. A photograph of the artist’s Ygdrasil studio with the carved Benin Figures appears on page 53.