Strauss & co - Review 2009

28 Alexis Preller S OUTH A FRICAN 1911-1975 Primavera Profile signed and dated 64 oil on canvas, 74,5 by 59 cm SOLD R724 100, SEPTEMBER 2009 Preller’s Primavera Profile explores this favourite theme of Sandro Botticelli in which the Goddess of Love introduces the near-naked graces to the seasonal rites of spring. However, here Preller synthesises the torso of the Italian Renaissance female figure with the masculine visage that appeared in his earlier African heads to forge a new iconography that celebrates both European and African traditions.