Strauss & co - 20 May 2019, Johannesburg

53 104 Deborah Bell SOUTH AFRICAN 1957– Crying Pot kiln and pit fired unglazed terracotta, fat, wax and charcoal height: 72,5 cm R70 000 – 90 000 LITERATURE Bettina Schultz (2004) Deborah Bell , Johannesburg: David Krut. Illustrated in colour on page 64. ‘I started working with the image of the crying pot during the time that the Truth and Reconciliation hearings had just begun, and were being aired on television. Apart from being struck by the atrocities that were being revealed, I was overwhelmed by the grief of the friends and the families of the victims – especially the women … I played with the idea of a grieving entity that was completely subsumed in its grief. The form of a pot with a head thrown back in anguish – with no arms and legs – accentuated this pain. The bowl of the pot became a symbol of the earth, the gesture of the pain became a cry and a prayer.’ 1 1. Deborah Bell (2004), quoted in Bettina Schultz, Deborah Bell , Johannesburg: David Krut, page 65. 102 Moses Kottler SOUTH AFRICAN 1892–1977 Joyce signed bronze with a brown patina height: 33 cm R30 000 – 50 000 105 Wopko Jensma SOUTH AFRICAN 1939– C. 1993 Amorphous Androgynous signed with the artist’s initials carved wood height: 16 cm R15 000 – 20 000 103 Frans Claerhout SOUTH AFRICAN 1919–2006 The Shepherd signed bronze with a brown patina height: 107 cm R250 000 – 300 000 104 105 102 103