Modern & Contemporary African Auction

Modern & Contemporary African Auction

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Property from a Prominent Private Dutch Collection

Helen Sebidi

A Vision of the Future II

Lot Closed

October 20, 04:06 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Helen Sebidi

South African

b.1943

A Vision of the Future II

 

signed and dated 1989 (lower left); titled (on the stretcher)

oil on canvas

133.5 by 84cm., 52½ by 33⅛in.

framed: 155.5 by 106cm., 61¼ by 41¾in.

Private Collection, The Netherlands

South African painter Helen Sebidi is internationally recognised for her figurative compositions and has mastered a surrealistic approach in the creation of her work. A Vision of the Future II depicts three figures and an animal in the foreground of the work, created through the use of complementary crayon-coloured brushstrokes. These brushstrokes are created in a stippled style of paint application on canvas and depicts an abstracted dream-like image. A fine example of her signature vibrant colour palette is perfectly replicated in A Vision of the Future II. Sebidi’s work has been exhibited at renowned institutions such as the Norval Foundation in Cape Town.