Strauss & co - 7 October 2019, Cape Town

226 632 Cecil Skotnes SOUTH AFRICAN 1926-2009 Composition signed and dated 62 oil on board 75 by 100,5cm R80 000 - 120 000 633 Lucky Sibiya SOUTH AFRICAN 1942-1999 Abstract Figures circa 1960 signed carved, incised and painted wood panel 91 by 106,5cm R80 000 - 100 000 At a young age Sibiya met Bill Ainslie, who in turn introduced him to Cecil Skotnes. Skotnes accepted Sibiya as a private pupil, and it was Skotnes who introduced him to the incised and painted wood panel as medium. 1 EJ de Jager writes: “In these panels Sibiya has technically mastered his medium very successfully. The panels are cut in shallow relief and embellished with paint, and are presented as finished objects themselves.” 2 1. Johans Borman (ed.) (2016) Masterpiece , Cape Town: Johans Borman Fine Art. Page 54. 2. EJ de Jager (1992) Images of Man: Contemporary South African Black Art and Artists , Alice: Fort Harare University Press. Pages 156-158.