Strauss & co - 8 - 11 November 2020

82 T O P L A C E A B I D C L I C K O N T H E R E D L O T N U M B E R 608 Deborah Bell SOUTH AFRICAN 1957– Waiting for the Miracle to Come – John the Baptist 2012 signed; inscribed with the artist’s name, the title and the medium on a John Martin Gallery, London, label adhered to the reverse oil on canvas 51 by 40 cm R100 000 – 150 000 PROVENANCE John Martin Gallery, London. Private Collection, Johannesburg. EXHIBITED John Martin Gallery, London, A Far Country: Sculpture and Painting 2008–12 , 15 June to 14 July 2012. 609 Deborah Bell SOUTH AFRICAN 1957– Waiting for the Miracle to Come – Joan of Arc 2012 signed; inscribed with the artist’s name, the title and the medium on a John Martin Gallery, London, label adhered to the reverse oil on canvas 51 by 40 cm R100 000 – 150 000 PROVENANCE John Martin Gallery, London. Private Collection, Johannesburg. EXHIBITED John Martin Gallery, London, A Far Country: Sculpture and Painting 2008–12 , 15 June to 14 July 2012. LITERATURE John Martin Gallery (2012) A Far Country: Sculpture and Painting 2008–12 , exhibition catalogue, London: John Martin Gallery, illustrated on page 47. Catherine Milner (2012) ‘Bell’s Celestial Belles’, Country Life (UK), 20 June, pages 132 and 133, exhibition review. A copy of Country Life (UK), June 20, 2020, accompanies the lot. LITERATURE John Martin Gallery (2012) A Far Country: Sculpture and Painting 2008–12 , exhibition catalogue, London: John Martin Gallery, illustrated on page 47. Catherine Milner (2012) ‘Bell’s Celestial Belles’, Country Life (UK), 20 June, pages 132 and 133, exhibition review. A copy of Country Life (UK), June 20, 2020, accompanies the lot.