Strauss & co - 8 - 11 November 2020

33 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 740 Robin Lewis SOUTH AFRICAN 1942–1988 Raptor Attack signed and dated ‘85 copper with a verdigris patina on a Perspex base height: 80 cm R50 000 – 70 000 743 Dylan Lewis SOUTH AFRICAN 1964– Flying Red-billed Teal Brace (S041) 1996 signed, dated 95 and numbered 4/12 bronze on a granite base height: 87 cm R150 000 – 200 000 LITERATURE Christie’s (2007) Predators and Prey: The Animal Bronzes of Dylan Lewis , auction catalogue, 11 June, London: Christie’s, another example from the edition illustrated on page 61. 742 Dylan Lewis SOUTH AFRICAN 1964– Lesser Kestrel (S20) signed, dated 93 and numbered 7/15 bronze with a brown patina height: 35,5 cm R60 000 – 80 000 LITERATURE Laura Twiggs (ed) (2011) Dylan Lewis: Animal Bronzes 1989-2005: The Collectors’ Guide , Cape Town: Pardus, another cast from the edition illustrated on page 21. ‘This kestrel is among the first sculptures to be cast in the foundry Lewis established. Called ‘The African Bronze Foundry’, it produced all of his work over the next six years.’ 1 1. Laura Twiggs (ed) (2011) Dylan Lewis: Animal Bronzes 1989- 2005: The Collectors’ Guide , Cape Town: Pardus, page 21. 741 FlorianWozniak SOUTH AFRICAN 1962– Kneeling Nude signed, dated 04 and numbered 7/9 bronze with a black patina height: 34 cm R40 000 – 60 000 ‘This piece looks into the speed and agility of ducks. They are very fast fliers and on coming into water, they often bank and curve. The wildness and speed of that bank and turn, also the beauty of the wing forms, and the calling as they land, are what inspired this work.’ Dylan Lewis 740 742 741 743