Strauss & co - 13 November 2017, Johannesburg

200 277 Wonderboy Nxumalo SOUTH AFRICAN 1975 – 2008 Umdali Uyokusiza Uma Ungumlandeli Wakhe (The Creator will help you if you are His follower) signed, dated 1996, numbered 14/50, inscribed with the title in pencil and the Caversham Press chop mark in the margin linocut image size: 41 by 41 cm, unframed R4 000 – 7 000 As much a painter as a poet, Wonderboy Nxumalo’s work, whether in ceramic or linocut, is instantly recognizable. With his sgraffito technique or his v-gouge carver, he produced intricate, warm, hilarious fables, animated by naïvely-drawn creatures and annotated by clear-thinking, playful slogans and poems, usually focusing on historical narrative or community concerns. 278 Florence Xaba SOUTH AFRICAN 20TH CENTURY Rorke’s Drift bowls, two both signed on the undersides, numbered ‘k-224-92’and ‘k-230-92’ and painted with Rorke’s Drift leaf emblem respectively glazed stoneware 1: height: 7 cm each (2) R5 000 – 7 000 A SELECTION OF ARTWORKS FROM KWAZULU-NATAL | LOTS 239–298 277 278