Strauss & co - 12 November 2018, Johannesburg

109 177 Job Kekana SOUTH AFRICAN 1916–1985 Head signed carved wood height: 29 cm R10 000 – 15 000 178 Hannes Harrs SOUTH AFRICAN 1927–2006 Figure incised with the artist’s monogram carved wood height: 31 cm R15 000 – 20 000 LITERATURE Elizabeth Rankin (1989). Images of Wood: Aspects of the History of Sculpture in 20th Century South Africa, Johannesburg: Johannesburg Art Gallery, illustrated in black and white on page 111, catalogue number 62. Job Kekana is possibly the pre-eminent formally- trained black sculptor of his generation. Training firstly in South Africa and later in England, Kekana worked primarily in wood although he also produced sculpture in stone and bronze. He always stayed true to his roots, depicting many figures in his prolific body of work as African. Despite being blind in one eye and partially paralysed, he continued working until his death in 1995. Sarah Hudleston PROVENANCE A gift from Egon Guenther to the current owner.