Strauss & co - 11 November 2019, Johannesburg

114 SOUTH AFRICAN ARTISTS AND PARIS 111 Esther Mahlangu SOUTH AFRICAN 1935– Ndebele Design signed and dated 2007 oil on canvas 60 by 80 cm, unframed R15 000 – 20 000 ITEM NOTES The artist exhibited at Magiciens de la Terre in 1989 and in 1998 had a solo exhibition at the Musée des Arts d’Afrique et d’Oceanie, Paris. 112 Johan van Heerden SOUTH AFRICAN 1930– Untitled Abstract signed with the artist’s initials and dated 65; inscribed with the artist’s name, the date and the title on the reverse oil on board 91 by 91 cm R15 000 – 20 000 ITEM NOTES The artist attended classes at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, under Eduard Goerg and Eduard Macavoy from 1952, and the École des Beaux-Arts. 113 Thijs Nel SOUTH AFRICAN 1943– Reflections of Notre Dame in the Seine signed and dated 72; dated and inscribed with the title on the reverse oil on canvas 97 by 194 cm R120 000 – 160 000 I am fascinated by the relationship between the physical, material world and the metaphysical spiritual conditions of our existence and it became a lifelong quest to find a balance for myself between these phenomena, the omnipresence of the spirit of place. There are a few themes or leitmotivs in my work – I have always used the window, views in an out, reflections, circles, squares and spirals, colours and textures, and that x-factor that emanates from various relationships between these qualities, as metaphors for wholeness, movement and change. Thijs Nel 111 113 112