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2 P120 Steven Cohen, Bathing beauties

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4 P01 Victor, Diane Veronique (South African ) Church burning Etching on embossed paper, signed, edition AP, 33 x 26cm R5 000 R8 000 P02 Victor, Diane Veronique (South African ) Straight dress Etching on embossed paper, signed, edition AP, 33 x 26cm R5 000 R

5 P03 Shilakoe, Cyprian Mpho (SA ), Composition II Etching, signed, 1968, edition 4/30, 28 x 21cm R6 000 R9 000 P04 Sihlali, Durant Basil (SA, ), Washday Soweto, Watercolour, signed, 1971, 51 x 74cm R5 000 R

6 P05 Ntukwana, Hargreaves (South African ) Figure with bird Mixed media on paper, signed 74 x 54cm R500 R800 P06 Ntukwana, Hargreaves (South African ), Fish, Mixed media on paper, signed, 55,5 x 75cm R500 R800 P07 Maseko, Joe (Joseph Ramapulane) (South African ) Township life, Mixed media on paper, signed 37,5 x 58cm R4 000 R6 000 P08 Kobeli, Eli (South African ) Seated figure at bin Mixed media on paper, signed, ,5 x 34cm R1 500 R

7 P09 Battiss Walter Whall (South African ) Silkscreen and collage Signed, proof 70 x 50cm R8 000 R P10 Skotnes, Cecil Edwin Frans (South African ) Woodcut print Signed, edition 4/75 41 x 54cm R800 R1 200 P11 Mbatha, Azaria (South African, Born After 1941) Service with angels Linocut, signed, edition 9/ x 46cm R2 500 R

8 P12 Garizio, Gian-Piero (South African ) Seascape Oil on board, signed 60 x 89,5cm R7 000 R9 000 P13 De Clercq, Hannetjie (South African ) Lady with cat and balloons Oil on board, signed 48,5 x 37,7cm R1 800 R2 200 P14 Claerhout, Fr. Frans (South African ) Farmworkers Mixed media on paper, signed 41,5 x 29cm R2 000 R

9 P15 Bugnon, Roland (Swiss, 1939) Untitled Lithograph, signed, 1974, edition 36/70 & 16/36 (two works) 43,5 x 35cm & 51 x 37cm R800 R1 200 P16 Kentridge, William Joseph (South African ) The Magic Flute 2007, Poster, signed, 84 x 60cm R2 500 R3 500 P17 Bhengu, Gerard (South African ) Man with skin hat sepia water colour, signed 29 x 19cm R6 000 R

10 P18 Spilhaus, Pauline Augusta Wilhelmina (Nita) (South African ) Groote Schuur Etching, printed original etching by Nita Spilhaus 18 x 23cm R1 800 R2 200 P19 Nkosi, Stanley (South African 1945) Two fi gures & man feeding bird Mixed media on paper, signed, 1971, two works in the lot, 53,3 x 37cm R800 R1 200 P20 Jensma, Wopko (South African ), Abstract composition Silkscreen, signed 68 x 49cm R1 000 R

11 P21 Sihlali, Durant Basil (SA ) Washing day Soweto, Watercolour, signed, x 73,5cm R5 000 R8 000 P22 Maseko, Joe (Joseph Ramapulane) (SA ), Dancers: shabeen Mixed media on paper, signed 55,5 x 74,5cm R5 000 R7 000 P23 Roworth, Edward (Prof) (South African ) The Golden Hour on the Umpanbanyani River, South Coast Natal Oil on board, signed 59,5 x 90cm R8 000 R

12 P24 Woodborne, Judy (South African 1966) The Stymphandes: The burial of a sardine Etching, signed, 1997, edition 7/10 50 x 34cm R1 500 R2 500 P25 Gorin, Jean Albert (French, ) Abstract composition Silkscreen, signed, 1971, edition 181/200 glass missing 69,5 x 69,5cm R2 000 R2 500 P26 Nkosi, Stanley (South African 1945) Man carrying branch Mixed media on paper, signed, x 34cm R600 R

13 P27 Albertyn, Michael (SA 1938) The three rondawels, Blyde River canyon Oil on canvas, signed 59,5 x 90cm R3 000 R5 000 P28 Costello, Michael (South African ) Extensive farm landscape Oil on canvas, signed, x 119cm R5 000 R

14 P29 Charlesworth, Geoffrey Terence (SA, 1930) Still life with apple and racing news Oil on canvas on board, signed 70,5 x 90,5cm R2 500 R3 500 P30 Garizio, Gian-Piero (South African ) Still life sunfl owers Oil on board, signed 59,5 x 75cm R5 000 R

15 P31 Battiss, Walter Whall (South African ) Midnight Silkscreen and collage, signed, proof 77 x 55cm R8 000 R

16 P32 De Jongh, Marthinus Johannes (Tinus) (South African ) Old mill: Ceres Etching, signed, 21 x 28,5cm R600 R900 P33 Nel, Karel (South African, 1955) In-tact Screenprint with collage, signed, 1986, edition 8/ x 55cm R2 000 R3 000 P34 Calf, Gavin (South African ) Portrait nude study Oil on canvas, signed 45,5 x 39cm R1 200 R

17 P35 Battiss, Walter Whall (South African ) View from Maloudja bungalow, Grand Camores Silkscreen, signed, edition 21/50, 37 x 37,5cm R5 000 R7 000 P36 Vorster, Gordon Frank (South African ) Gemsbok and baobab trees Oil on board, signed 88 x 118,5cm R8 000 R

18 P37 Catherine, Norman Clive (South African ) Warlords Etching, signed, edition 7/25 29 x 33,5cm R7 000 R P38 Catherine, Norman Clive (South African ) Warlords Etching, signed, edition 7/25 29 x 33,5cm R7 000 R

19 P39 Koenakeefe Mohl, John (South African, ) A few days after the rain in bushveld, B.P. Oil on board, signed, ,5 x 45cm R R

20 P40 Claerhout, Fr. Frans (South African ) Mother and child Oil on board, signed 59 x 42cm R R

21 P41 Battiss Walter Whall (South African ) I must remember I am not someone else but who am I Silkscreen, signed, edition 3/10 55 x 55cm R8 000 R One is consistently reminded of the extraordinary variety of Walter Battiss making practice. This print was made after the artist s visit to Germany and London in the late 1960s/ early 1970s during which he met master printer Chris Betambeau who introduced him particularly to photographic processes of screen-printing. Using quite a candid black and white photograph as a base a young man stands casually with his hands coyly placed in his pockets Battiss has overlaid two bold white shapes, which become a kind of addition by erasure. The larger shape evokes a humanoid presence a suggestion of a head and shoulders a cloaked fi gure, a ghost. The other white shape resembles a speech bubble, which, though empty, points to the young man s mouth with a sense of anticipation. This simultaneous evocation of absence and presence in the image is characteristic of much of Battiss work, across media, and seems to be a key strategy in his exploration of image making. The body of sgraffi to oil paintings for instance, which catapulted him into the international limelight, rests on the process of the addition and subsequent deletion of paint. The title of the work, Untitled Artists Silhouette, suggests Battiss own insertion into the image a phantom presence, invoking the aura of the artist despite the mechanical process of the print. A version of this silkscreen was included in the 2008 exhibition of Battiss prints at Gallery AOP in Johannesburg. S V* Reference: 1. VAN RENSBERG, Wilhelm Walter Battiss ( ). [Exhibition Catalogue]. Johannesburg: Gallery AOP

22 P42 Shilakoe, Cyprian Mpho (South African ) She will never come back Aquatint and intaglio etching, signed, 1969, edition 15/35 39 x 27,5cm R8 000 R

23 P43 Ngatane, Ephraim (South African ) Township scene Oil on board, signed, x 87cm R R

24 P44 Battiss, Walter Whall (South African ) Islanders White ink on black screenprint, signed, edition AP 66,7 x 90cm R R

25 P45 Goldblatt, David (South African 1930) Saturday Morning at the Corner of Commissioner and Trichardts Streets Digital print, signed, edition 40 x 40cm R4 000 R5 000 P46 Battiss, Walter Whall (South African ) Restaurant Athona, Marquesas, Pencil sketch, signed, , 28 x 35,5cm R4 000 R

26 P47 Andersen, Nils (South African ) Transkei Pastel, signed 28 x 38cm R800 R1 200 P48 Battiss, Walter Whall (South African ), Mother and child Woodcut, signed 25,5 x 19cm R1 200 R1 800 P49 Peers, Charles (South African ) Landscape Watercolour, signed 16,5 x 19cm R1 500 R2 000 P50 Klar, Otto (South African ), Figures outside farm cottage, Pastel, signed 19,5 x 28cm R3 000 R

27 P51 Dingemans, Johannes Wilhelmus (Jan) (South African ) Figures in village Oil on board 55 x 106cm R R

28 P52 Koboka, Welcome Mandla (South African ) Construction worker Oil on board, signed 45,5 x 30cm R5 000 R

29 P53 Shilakoe, Cyprian Mpho (South African ) Let s wait until they come Woodcut print, signed, 1970, edition AP 38 x 30,5cm R R Cyprian Shilakoe is well known for being more inclined to making sensitive aquatint etchings during his time at Rorke s Drift, unlike many of his contemporaries who preferred to work in relief printing like woodcut. Interestingly in this sensitive woodcut, Shilakoe evokes the same shimmering and translucent effect that is present in his etchings, by incising delicate stipples into the face and legs of the main fi gure. This effect, as well as the simplifi ed and armless torsos of the fi gures, is what make this work so characteristic of Shilakoe s style. The theme of waiting is also prevalent in the artist s oeuvre, and is probably a reference to the deep connection he reported to have with the spiritual realm. Looking up, the main fi gure seems to be searching the sky for the anticipated they, while the two darker fi gures in the background cast their eyes downward. Their silhouettes are starkly contrasted with the main fi gure s glittering, almost bejeweled, surface reinforcing a sense of the supernatural. One of the editions of this work is part of the Campbell Smith Collection. S V* Reference: 1. DOLBY, Joe Cyprian Shilakoe. Revisions: Expanding the Narrative of South African Art. Available: biographies/cyprian-shilakoe/#.uizlo2qy05x

30 P54 Kumalo, Sydney Alex (South African ) Study for reclining joyous fi gure Charcoal on paper, signed, x 51cm R8 000 R

31 P55 Calliyanis, Manolis (Greek, ) Ula Montagne Oil on canvas, 1964, signed recto 70 x 88cm R5 000 R8 000 P56 Hurwitz, Harry (American ), Mask Monoprint, signed 75 x 55cm R4 500 R

32 P57 Battiss Walter Whall (South African ) Multiple nude Pencil sketch, signed, x 43cm R4 000 R6 000 P58 Siopis, Penny (Penelope, South African ), Cornucopia Lithograph, signed, edition AP 65 x 50cm R8 000 R

33 P59 Mayer, Ernst Karl (Erich) (South African ) Kloof Gouache, signed, ,5 x 17,5cm R6 000 R

34 P60 Mayer, Ernst Karl (Erich) (South African ), Eastern Transvaal, Gouache, signed, ,5 x 17,5cm R6 000 R8 000 P61 Roworth, Edward (Prof) (South African ), Mountainscape Oil on board, signed 29 x 39,5cm R3 500 R

35 P62 Kobeli, Eli (South African ) Abstract composition Oil and mixed media on board, signed 49 x 74cm R7 000 R

36 P63 Battiss, Walter Whall (South African ) Joseph Pen and brush, signed 36 x 26cm R4 000 R6 000 P64 Glossop, Allerley (Joe) (South African ) Horses in a forest Oil on board, signed 40 x 32cm R5 000 R

37 P65 Maseko, Joe (Joseph Ramapulane) (South African ) Township scene Oil on board, signed 43 x 57cm R R

38 P66 Catherine, Norman Clive (South African ) Humpty egg, Airbrush, pen, ink and pencil, signed, x 53cm R6 000 R9 000 P67 Cilliers-Barnard, Bettie (South African ) Lithograph Signed, 1969, edition 80/ x 45cm R1 500 R

39 P68 Battiss, Walter Whall (South African ) Self portrait: Alpha Batt 155 Silkscreen, signed, edition 62/250 45,9 x 55,2cm R6 000 R

40 P69 Pierneef, Jacob Hendrik (South African ), Thorntree and landscape Photolithograph with printed signature 22,5 x 27,4cm R500 R800 P70 Pierneef, Jacob Hendrik (South African ), Fishermans harbour Hermanus Photolithograph with printed signature 22,5 x 27,4cm R500 R800 P71 Pierneef, Jacob Hendrik (South African ), Trees and mountains Soutpansberg Photolithograph with printed signature 22,5 x 27,4cm R500 R800 P72 Taylor, Roy Cecil (South African ), Landscape Oil on board, signed 44,8 x 60cm R4 000 R

41 P73 Parsons, Mike (South African ) Harbour scene Cape Oil on board, signed 38,5 x 58,5cm R4 000 R5 000 P74 Symonds, Henry (South African, 1949) Untitled Digital print and enamel on board, signed, x 75cm R6 000 R

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43 P75 Pemba, George Mnyalaza Milwa (South African ) In service Watercolour, signed, has a small tear on right edge and a fold mark 35,8 x 28,5cm R R George Pemba was tutored in watercolour in the 1930 s at University College Fort Hare and Rhodes University. Allegedly, sometime in the early 1940 s, Pemba was persuaded to switch to the medium of oil painting by Gerard Sekoto, who drew Pemba s attention to the higher premium paid for the more robust medium and argued its suitability to depicting African subjects. This delicately observed portrait is arguably dated from the period before this shift, c c. 1941, which is claimed by art historian, Hayden Proud, to include Pemba s best works. The fl uidity, tentativeness, and play of light that the medium allows is what makes this particular work so unlike the prevalent style at the time, and certainly give it an alluring quality that causes the eye to linger. The highlights on the hands and chin of the subject, for instance, reveal the extent of Pemba s skill in building up thin layers of paint to evoke volume and form. Additionally, the moments where suspension of disbelief is disrupted in the foundational drawing in pencil and especially in the way the paint bleeds from below the subject s hands gives the image a sense of its own fallibility and in this sense challenges the stereotypical representations of Africans in the early 20th century. S V* Reference: 1. PROUD, Hayden & Feinberg, Barry (ed.) George Milwa Mnyaluza Pemba: Retrospective. [Exhibition Catalogue]. Cape Town: SA National Gallery

44 P76 Battiss, Walter Whall (South African ) Hotel still life Dordrecht Watercolour, signed 39 x 29cm R5 000 R8 000 P77 Maswanganyi, Collen (South African) The politicians Carved and painted wood, signed, with Absa atelier catalogue 47 x 30 x 28cm R6 000 R

45 P78 Wooden boxed set of fourteen prints, Cover with Claerhout silkscreen pencil signed and containing silkscreens by Frans Claerhout (4), Thelma Chait (1), Berenice Michelow (2), Fred Schimmel (1) & Chris Spies (4) 42 x 30cm R4 000 R6 000 P79 Morris, Tim (South African ), Earthenware glazed bowl Signed 10 x 38cm diam R1 000 R1 500 P80 Konqobe, Percy Ndithembile (South African, 1938) Head Bronze Signed, edition 4/5, 21cm ht R2 000 R

46 P81 Meerkotter, Dirk Adriaan (South African ) Mer- National ceramic plaque Signed, 1975, limited edition 28 x 28cm R1 000 R1 500 P82 Morris, Tim (South African ) Earthenware glazed bowl and lid Signed, 16 x 24cm diam R1 000 R1 500 P83 Wolford, Andrew (Southa Frican 20thC) Glaze lidded earthenware ginger jar 42cm ht R1 000 R

47 P84 Segogela, Johannes Mashego (South African ) Angel Oil on carved wood 28 x 24cm R5 000 R

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49 P85 Catherine, Norman Clive (South African ) Headgear Oil on canvas, signed 100 x 130cm R R This large oil painting by Norman Catherine displays his characteristic human-animal hybrids, which invariably evoke political traumas and testimonies of South Africa. In this particular work the key fi gure wears headgear in the form of a crocodile, which protrudes in profi le as a kind of mask. Whether intentionally or not, the work references the infamous South African statesman P. W. Botha who passed away in October 2006 around the time of this work s creation. Botha, was often, colloquially, referred to as Die Groot Krokodil (Afrikaans for The Big Crocodile ) for his abrasive nature. The array of fi gures surrounding the central subject are variously characterised with forms of headgear. Some have horns, hats, masks, and additional heads. Two particular fi gures are donned in black suits and hats, one, which holds a knife dripping with blood. It is arguable that the scene references Botha s funeral, which was controversially attended by Thabo Mbeki. The variety of masked fi gures in this sense suggests the complexity of mourning the passing of Botha there are layers of projected complicity, of shame and of guarded positions behind deadpan, masked faces. S V* Reference: 1. FRIEDMAN, H. et al Norman Catherine. Johannesburg: Goodman Gallery

50 P86 Shange, Peter Bongani (South African), Head E: Mayibuye series Bronze, Signed, edition 3/5 18,4cm ht R8 000 R Bongani Peter Shange is the nephew of well-known South African artist Sydney Kumalo. Shange comments as a child I could never understand why when everyone was going to work he [Kumalo] would lock himself up in a room and stay home. Following in these footsteps, Shange attended Rorke s Drift and later won a scholarship to spend a year studying in Florence, Italy. From the late 1970s, Shange exhibited regularly in Cape Town, having taken part in the Community Arts Project in Mowbray. The title of this series, Mayibuye, is a Zulu word meaning bringing back what is lost and, in particular, references the cultural traditions and way of life experienced before apartheid or the oppression of colonialism. The heads that make up the series each individual, but all idealized and elongated in this sense, are perhaps evocations of this dislocated past; ancestors that call for a return to paradise lost. A similar series of heads are included in the art collection of the South Africa Reserve Bank. S V* References: 1. Bongani Peter Shange 27 July 1979 (Collections: Community Arts Project, Department of Manuscript and Archives, University of Cape Town. BC1195. M1). 2. Shange s work is fresh, clean joyous Eduard Ladan July 1979 (Collections: Community Arts Project, Department of Manuscript and Archives, University of Cape Town. BC1195. M1)

51 P87 Segogela, Johannes Mashego (South African ) Devil eating man in green Oil on carved wood 22 x 11 x 14cm R3 500 R

52 P88 Dali, Salvador (Spanish ) Alma de coijote Bronze, signed, edition 41/100 31,5cm ht R R

53 P89 Segogela, Johannes Mashego (South African ) Couple VII Oil on carved wood 29cm ht R4 000 R

54 P90 Battiss, Walter Whall (South African ) Orgy 4 Silkscreen, signed, edition 39/39 43,5 x 62cm R R

55 P91 Battiss, Walter Whall (South African ) Orgy 5 Silkscreen, signed, edition 7/32 45 x 64cm R R

56 P92 Welz, Jean Max Friedrich (SA ) Portfolio of eleven lithographs Signed, x 36cm R2 000 R3 000 P93 Magrotti, Ercole (Italian ) Boats on lake Oil on board, signed 38,5 x 48cm R1 500 R

57 P94 Thirteen prints by various artists including Nigel Mullins, John Murray, SveaJosephy, Shirley Fintz, Martine Jackson, Doreen Southwood, Ernestine White, SiphoHlati, Ed Young, SanellAggenbach, AbrieFourie, Julia Rosa-Clarke, Cameron Platter Archival inkjet print, signed, printed by Bell Roberts gallery 38 x 38cm each R5 000 R

58 Verso P95 Vorster, Gordon Frank (South African ) Abstract bushveld Mixed media on paper, signed R1 000 R1 500 P96 Higgs, Cecil (South African ) Rock pool, Watercolour, signed 37 x 44,5cm R7 000 R

59 P97 Schimmel, Fred (South African ), Coastal landscape Pastel and coloured crayon, signed 79 x 64cm R5 000 R8 000 P98 Payne, John Malcolm (SA ) Penumbra Silkscreen, signed, 1986, edition IX/X 76,5 x 76,4cm R800 R

60 P99 Boshoff, Willem (South African, 1951) Political Candyfl oss left and right Etching, signed, 2009, two works edition 74,5 x 49cm each R R

61 P100 Poisson, Marc (SA 20th Century) Town in the Cape Oil on canvas, signed 45 x 60cm R2 500 R3 500 P101 Noske, Hugo (Austrian, ) Poppies Woodcut print, signed 31 x 32cm R1 000 R1 500 P102 De Clercq, Hannetjie (South African ) Lady in checked dress Water colour, signed 15 x 11cm R600 R900 P103 De Clercq, Hannetjie (South African ) Lady Holding Flowers Water colour, signed 29 x 22cm R1 200 R

62 P104 Vorster, Gordon Frank (South African ) Chicken wars Charcoal on paper signed, set of fi ve works 50 x 33 each R6 000 R

63 P105 Saoli, Winston (South African ) Abstract composition fi sh Pastel and mixed media, signed, x 100cm R4 000 R5 000 P106 Lourens, M J (South African ) Nightscape Oil on board, signed, x 54,5cm R1 200 R1 800 P107 Koenig, Dezso (South African ) Portrait: Old Man Pastel, signed 42,5 x 30cm R600 R900 P108 Battiss, Walter Whall (South African ) Nude fi gure studies Pencil sketch, signed, ,5 x 30cm R3 000 R

64 P109 Siopis, Penny (Penelope, South African ) I m sorry Etching and aquatint, signed, 2004, edition III/IX 45 x 38cm R5 000 R

65 P110 Moore, Henry (British, ) Three sisters Colour lithograph, signed, edition 9/50 39 x 28cm R R

66 P111 Pemberton, Hilda May (South African ) Old street Knysna Etching, signed 17,2 x 21,9cm R500 R700 P112 Anderson, Ilona (South African) Daydream IX Watercolour, signed 17,5 x 24,5cm R1 500 R2 000 P114 Maritz, Nicolaas (South African ) Sidar road temple, Durban Etching, signed R500 R

67 P115 Battiss, Walter Whall (South African ) Dancers in the grass Silkscreen, signed, edition 3/30 45,8 x 43,5cm R R

68 P116 Van Den Berg, Clive (South African ) Involving angels: from Happy Birthday Andrew portfolio Etching with hand colouring, signed, 2007, edition 15/25 66 x 50cm R5 500 R6 500 P117 Penstone, Constance (South African ), Drakensberg Watercolour, signed 15 x 21cm R1 200 R

69 P118 Amaler-Raviv, Arlene (South African 1953) Naked Oil on canvas, signed, x 61cm R8 000 R Arlene Amaler-Raviv uses paint as a medium through which to explore recurrent themes in her work: vulnerability, loneliness and the human condition. Many of her more recent works include explorations of paint on more unstable surfaces, like glass and aluminum, allowing the paint to disrupt represented forms in how it runs, drips and congeals. As a precursor to this contemporary practice, Naked suggests the artist s exploration of the limits of naturalism. The image seems to depict what the title clearly stipulates: a study of the human form in the nude. However, the rendering in paint simultaneously constructs and disrupts the representation. The fi gure s skin becomes a kind of canvas in its own right. The more one looks beneath the surface of this image, the less it seems to be a simple depiction of the human fi gure. The pose of the fi gure and the title of the work reinforce this. Naked, rather than nude, sidesteps the invocation of the tradition of fi gure studies and, rather, calls up a sense of vulnerability that is reinforced by the view of the exposed body. This androgynous, faceless, and fragmented fi gure conjures up a sense of ambiguity that is so often present in the work of Amaler-Raviv and enriches the image with a raw potency that is not often associated with fi gure painting. S V*

70 P119 Cohen, Steven (South African ) Bathing beauties Silkscreen on fabric 202 x 129 cm R8 000 R

71 P120 Cohen, Steven (South African ) Bathing beauties Silkscreen fabric on armchair R8 000 R Much like Steven Cohen s other work in these forms, this armchair and silkscreen print use repeated motifs to create an ordered and aesthetically pleasing design that is disrupted upon closer inspection; when the invisibility of the pattern makes way for the individual detail. Having dropped out of the army to study screen-printing at the Ruth Prowse Art School in the late 1980s, Cohen eventually expanded his range of making practices to include installation, by using his hand-printed fabrics to reupholster furniture. Beginning in the early 1990 s, Cohen would style gallery spaces as staged domestic settings with this furniture, and accessorise the room with decadent chandeliers, zebra skin rugs, and other objects associated with wealth and excess. Bathing Beauties features two key motifs, which are repeated across the surface of the fabric. The bathing beauties, referred to in the title, form the primary image, which depicts two 1950s style bathers knee deep in water. Both modestly cast their gaze downwards towards the water s reflective surface, upon which floats bright pink flowers. The smaller image is drawn from a 17th century engraving by Flemish anatomist, Adriaan van de Spiegel, entitled De Formato Foetu Liber Exornatus, and depicts the development of the fetus, blossoming out of a goddess-like figure s abdomen. The juxtaposition of these two visions of the female form is what is veiled in this particular Cohen pattern; he counters the buxom bathers with the grotesque imagined anatomical drawing. The reference to flowers is further emphasized in the armchair, where in the background, overgrown trumpet-shaped blossoms resemble the flayed out womb of van de Spiegel s poor subject. S V* Reference: 1. DE WAAL, S & SASSEN, R Surgery without anaesthetic: The art of Steven Cohen. Steven Cohen Taxi-008. Johannesburg: David Krut Publishing

72 P121 Nel-Scheffer, Zonia (South African), Blah, Blah, Blah & Head explosion Oil on board, signed, 2005, two works 30 x 30cm R1 000 R1 500 P122 Benade, Jaco (South African ) Portrait: the athlete Oil on board, signed, x 25cm R800 R1 200 P123 Botha, David Johannes (SA ) Trees in the wind Linocut, signed 38 x 56cm R600 R800 P124 Botha, David Johannes (South African ) Still life with vase Linocut, signed 56 x 38cm R600 R800 P125 Botha, David Johannes (South African ) Still life with pot Linocut, signed 32 x 35,5cm R400 R

73 P126 Botha, David Johannes (South African ), Stellenbosch street scene Woodcut, signed, edition 25/ x 25,5cm R400 R600 P127 Jones, Basil Louis (South African, 1917) Sentinel Signed, cm ht R5 000 R

74 P128 Klar, Otto (South African ) Landscape with mountains Oil on board, signed 15,5 x 48,5cm R9 000 R

75 P129 Kentridge, William Joseph (SA ) Preparing the fl ute 2005 Poster, signed, edition 6/ x 67cm R3 000 R4 000 P130 Battiss, Walter Whall (South African ) Five boys and a dog Watercolour, signed 27,5 x 38cm R7 000 R

76 P131 Battiss, Walter Whall (South African ) Figures Pencil and watercolour, signed 28 x 35,5cm R4 000 R6 000 P132 Brice, Lisa (South African ), Couple lying down Lithograph, signed, 2008, edition24/60 R1 500 R

77 P133 Hlungwani, Phillemon (South African, 1971) Lady with dog Etching, signed, 2007, edition 2/20 70 x 50cm R4 000 R5 000 P134 Klar, Otto (South African ) Landscape Oil on board, signed 9 x 24,5cm R5 000 R

78 P135 Coetzer, Willem Hermanus FRSA FIAL FIBA (South African ) View of farm workers through glade Oil on board, signed 28,5 x 37,5cm R R

79 P136 Klar, Otto (South African ) Landscape Oil on board, signed 9 x 24,5cm R5 000 R7 000 Notes

80 Credit *S V Stacey Vorster is a part time lecturer in the Wits History of Art department as well as the curator of the Constitutional Court Art Collection. P43 Ephraim Ngatane, Township scene auctioneers