Strauss & co - 13 November 2017, Johannesburg

179 250 Jane Tully Heath BRITISH 1913–1995 Water Plants signed and dated ‘71; inscribed with the artist’s name, date and medium on a label adhered to the reverse oil on board 61,5 by 81 cm R30 000 – 50 000 251 Carola Brotherton SOUTH AFRICAN 1940– Midlands Landscape signed and dated 1969; signed, inscribed with the title and medium on the reverse oil on canvas 45 by 54,5 cm R20 000 – 30 000 Carola Brotherton trained under Jack and Jane Heath at the University of Natal, before becoming a friend and colleague in the Department in the late 1960s. Carola and Jane became particularly close, and with their old, customized Land Rover, made numerous sketching and painting trips into the then wilder parts of Natal. Neither artist moved too far away from natural representation, but on occasion each pursued a gentle, selective and decorative abstraction. Both Water Plants (Lot 250) and Midlands Landscape (Lot 251) catch the artists in this mood: autumn leaves caught on a stream’s surface, and a dry, dusky Midlands view are paraphrased using overlapping, geometric segments of earthy colours, all arranged according to a flat, unpredictable, sophisticated pattern. 250 251 A SELECTION OF ARTWORKS FROM KWAZULU-NATAL | LOTS 239–298