Strauss & co - 7 October 2019, Cape Town

224 630 Ezrom Legae SOUTH AFRICAN 1938-1999 Reclining Figure I 1967 signed with the artist’s initials and numbered I/X bronze, mounted on a wooden base 13,5 by 27 by 21cm; base 6,5cm R200 000 - 300 000 PROVENANCE The Andrew Newall Collection. LITERATURE Elza Miles (2004) Polly Street: The Story of an Art Centre. Pretoria: The Ampersand Foundation. Illustrated on page 114, figure 137 (with the title Sprawled Figure ). Elizabeth Burroughs and Karel Nel (2018) Re/discovery and Memory: The Works of Kumalo, Legae, Nitegeka and Villa , Cape Town: Norval Foundation. Illustrated on page 180, figure 7, with the titled Figure Resting on Arm and on page 198. We wish to thank Dr Gavin Watkins for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.