Strauss & co - 18 March 2019, Cape Town

178 562 Cecil Skotnes SOUTH AFRICAN 1926–2009 Icon signed and dated 65; inscribed with the artist’s name and title on a label adhered to the reverse carved, incised and painted wood panel 180 by 79,5 cm R  –   PROVENANCE Die Kunskamer, Cape Town. LITERATURE cf. Karel Nel, Elizabeth Burroughs and Amalie von Maltitz (2005) Villa at 90 , Johannesburg and Cape Town: Jonathan Ball Publishers. The present lot is similar to the doors made by Cecil Skotnes for the entrance to the Guenther Gallery as illustrated on page 126.