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69 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 824 Claude Bouscharain SOUTH AFRICAN 1922–2020 Eyeguard and Music signed; signed, inscribed with the title and the medium on the reverse oil on canvas 81 by 116 cm R80 000 – 120 000 EXHIBITED Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg , Claude Bouscharain , 14 March to 4 April 1990. The present lot was illustrated on the exhibition invitation. 825 Erik Laubscher SOUTH AFRICAN 1927–2013 Portrait of an Olympic Swimmer signed; signed and inscribed with the title on the reverse oil on canvas 49 by 49,5 cm R250 000 – 350 000 PROVENANCE Acquired from the artist’s estate. Thence by descent to the current owner. LITERATURE Hans Fransen (2009) Erik Laubscher: A Life in Art , Stellenbosch: SMAC, illustrated in colour on page 210. Erik Laubscher and Claude Bouscharain met as young art students at the Académie Montmartre, Paris, in 1951, both studying under the famous artist Fernand Léger. They married and started a family straight away, returning to Cape Town in 1953. The couple’s prolonged trip to the USA in 1966 influenced their work in a significant way, especially Claude’s, which responded immediately to the hard edged style in America at the time. LOTS 826 TO 830 NO LOTS