Strauss & co - 8 - 11 November 2020

198 414 Andrew Verster SOUTH AFRICAN 1937-2020 Holy Fragments III signed and dated 99; inscribed with the title and dated 2000 on a João Ferreira Gallery label adhered to the reverse oil on canvas 121 by 90,5cm R30 000 - 50 000 PROVENANCE Tasso Foundation Collection. EXHIBITED João Ferreira, Cape Town, Andrew Verster: Indus , 2 to 26 August 2000. The present lot was used on the front cover of the exhibition invitation. 413 Andrew Verster SOUTH AFRICAN 1937-2020 Fragile Paradise No. 7 signed and dated 91; bears a Goodman Gallery label with the artist’s name and title adhered to the reverse, and further inscribed ‘For Maria’s catalogue for Basel’ on the reverse oil on canvas 101 by 121cm R120 000 - 160 000 PROVENANCE Strauss & Co, Cape Town, 17 March 2014, lot 753. Tasso Foundation Collection. EXHIBITED Basel 22 , Switzerland, 1991. The work consists of six canvases framed as one. Holy Fragments III forms part of a body of work entitled ‘Indus’that was inspired by the artist’s visit to India. ‘The highly prolific Verster delights as much in the rich and sensuous textures of India as in the colours and qualities of his painting. Verster maintains that his visits to India have profoundly changed the way he sees.’¹ 1. Artthrob (2000) ‘Andrew Verster at João Ferreira’, , https://artthrob.co.za/00jul/listings. html. THE TASSO FOUNDATION COLLECTION OF IMPORTANT SOUTH AFRICAN ART ASSEMBLED BY THE LATE GIULIO BERTRAND OF MORGENSTER