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33 148 Cecil Skotnes SOUTH AFRICAN 1926–2009 Head signed incised and painted wood panel 20 by 15 cm R30 000 – 50 000 149 Cecil Skotnes SOUTH AFRICAN 1926–2009 The Early Bird Catches the Worm signed painted and incised wood panel 45 by 61 by 6 cm R100 000 – 120 000 150 Raymond Andrews SOUTH AFRICAN 1948– Almitra signed with the artist’s initials; inscribed with the artist’s name, the title and the medium on an Everard Read gallery label adhered to the reverse oil and gold leaf on wood panel 186 by 31 by 7,5 cm R25 000 – 35 000 ITEM NOTES Almitra is a character in the book of prose poetry fables, The Prophet (1923), written by Kahlil Gibran. She is a prophetess who has been given the endowment of celestial sight. Her name possibly derives from an Indo- Iranian divinity named Mitra. ©The Estate of Cecil Skotnes | DALRO ©The Estate of Cecil Skotnes | DALRO 148 149 150