George Milwa Mnyaluza Pemba; South African 1912-2001; Author and Artist (Alan Paton and George Pemba)
Provenance : Professor Francis Wilson, thence by decent.
Exhibited : South African National Gallery, George Pemba Retrospective Exhibition, 12 April 1996, cat. no. 113.
Literature : Barry Feinberg (2000) Painter of the People, Johannesburg: Viva Books, illustrated in colour on page 58. South African National Gallery (1996) George Pemba Retrospective Exhibition, illustrated in black and white on page 78.
Notes : In the 1950s George Pemba was photographed in discussion with the writer Alan Paton, who is best known for his novel Cry, the Beloved Country. In 1989 Pemba created this painting based on that photograph.
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