Strauss & co - 20 May 2019, Johannesburg

68 142 Ezrom Legae SOUTH AFRICAN 1938–1999 Beast signed and dated ‘71 charcoal on paper 88,5 by 57 cm R15 000 – 20 000 141 Zander Blom SOUTH AFRICAN 1982– Untitled [1.56] 2011 signed and dated 2011 on the reverse oil and graphite on Belgian linen 122 by 99 cm, unframed R40 000 – 60 000 EXHIBITED Stevenson, Johannesburg, Zander Blom: New Paintings , 27 October to 6 December 2011. LITERATURE Zander Blom (2013) Paintings: Volume I, 2010–2012 , Cape Town: Stevenson. Illustrated in colour on page 208. 139 Alan Crump SOUTH AFRICAN 1949–2009 Ark signed and dated ‘93; inscribed with the artist’s name, the date and ‘Johannesburg’on the reverse; signed, dated and inscribed with the title on the reverse of the backing board; inscribed with the artist’s name, the date, the title and the medium on a Goodman Gallery label adhered to the reverse of the backing board watercolour on paper 48 by 54 cm R50 000 – 70 000 PROVENANCE Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg. 140 SusanWoolf SOUTH AFRICAN 20TH AND 21ST CENTURIES Short Hands White (from the Taxi Hand Signs series) signed, dated 2015, numbered 1/20 in pencil and embossed with the Artist Proof Studio chopmark in the margin blind embossing on paper 54 by 49,5 cm R20 000 – 30 000 LITERATURE Susan Woolf (2016) Taxi Hand Signs , Johannesburg: ada enup. Illustrated on page 33. When a gestural or spoken language is coded as image or text, it becomes increasingly succinct and readable to a person who is blind. This all white relief artwork relies on the subtle nuances of shadow to show sighted people how fourteen simple shapes combine for the taxi shape system to be read. All white represents light, which in excess is also blinding. The largest taxi gesture seen here is a taxi commuter body sign. The person wriggles his or her bottom when the taxi approaches. Commuters use this to hail a taxi going to Duduza, an apparently cool place to party. A second coded text of symbols and codes is written using descriptions of gestures. Susan Woolf 139 141 142 140