Modern & Contemporary African Auction
Modern & Contemporary African Auction
Property from a Prominent Private Dutch Collection
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.