Strauss & co - 8 - 11 November 2020

172 382 Stanley Pinker SOUTH AFRICAN 1924-2012 Into Orbit signed; signed and inscribed ‘Bathers’ on the reverse oil on board 53,5 by 53cm R300 000 - 500 000 PROVENANCE Michael Stevenson Collection. Stephan Welz & Co in association with Sotheby’s, Cape Town, 17 October 2007, lot 512. Tasso Foundation Collection. LITERATURE Michael Stevenson (2004) Stanley Pinker , Cape Town: Michael Stevenson, illustrated in colour on page 57, figure 38. ‘I was taken with a linear image of the path of a spaceship going into orbit, describing a complex mathematical formula of the trajectory path. It is an amazing achievement of our times. The hang gliders are in different stages of this orbit into space. The stars and the other celestial elements are simply decorative and descriptive of the infinite sky. The concentric circles of pastel colours resemble celestial target.’ 1 1. Stanley Pinker in Michael Stevenson (2004) Stanley Pinker , Cape Town: Michael Stevenson, page 57. THE TASSO FOUNDATION COLLECTION OF IMPORTANT SOUTH AFRICAN ART ASSEMBLED BY THE LATE GIULIO BERTRAND OF MORGENSTER