Strauss & co - 11 November 2019, Johannesburg

140 147 Walter Battiss SOUTH AFRICAN 1906–1982 Abstract in Red and Blue oil on canvas 51 by 61 cm R90 000 – 120 000 PROVENANCE Stephan Welz & Co, October 2013, lot 413. 148 Larry Scully SOUTH AFRICAN 1922–2002 Abstract Composition in Red signed and indistinctly dated (70) oil on canvas 153 by 121 by 2 cm, unframed R50 000 – 70 000 Lot 148 and Lot 149 were both made in the early 1970s around the time Scully completed his Mural Environment at Dudley Heights, Hillbrow, Johannesburg. While working in the city in the 60s and 70s, Scully was fascinated with the rhythm and movement whereby he translated his experience of the African landscape/ cityscape into colour – red, black and gold symbolising the action and drama in the urban landscape.