Strauss & co - 11 November 2019, Johannesburg

137 143 Deborah Bell SOUTH AFRICAN 1957– Study for Unearthed Project signed and dated 2001 mixed media on paper 75 by 55 cm R60 000 – 90 000 EXHIBITED The Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, Unearthed, 2001. LITERATURE See Pippa Stein (2004) Deborah Bell , Taxi Art Book Series, Johannesburg: David Krut, pages 68 to 75. 144 Diane Victor SOUTH AFRICAN 1964– Moths Caught in Spider Web signed charcoal on paper sheet size: 106 by 76 cm R50 000 – 70 000 PROVENANCE Purchased from the artist’s solo exhibition, Goodman Gallery, 2005. In Deborah Bell’s 2001 exhibition, Unearthed , at the Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg, the terracotta and bronze figures were accompanied by several works on paper, including the present lot, which illustrated the conceptualisation and development of the series of sculptural works. This study shows an ‘unearthed’or ‘excavated’figure that reflects the Classical, Egyptian, Babylonian and historical African pasts the artist engages with in her work.