Alexis Preller; South African 1911-1975; Apple I
Provenance : Acquired from the artist by Carl Schmidt, and thence by descent.
Exhibited : Pieter Wenning Gallery, Johannesburg, Alexis Preller, 20 November to 4 December 1962, cat. no. 2. South African Association of Arts, Polley's Arcade, Pretoria, Alexis Preller 1962-1963, 15 to 31 October 1963, cat. no. 6. Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria, Alexis Preller Retrospective, 24 October to 26 November, 1972, cat. no. 101.
Literature : Johan Reinder Deichmann (1986) Die Werk van Alexis Preller 1934-1948 en 'n Catalogue Raisonné, Pretoria: University of Pretoria, cat. no. 639. Esmé Berman and Karel Nel (2009) Alexis Preller: Africa, the Sun and Shadows, Saxonwold: Shelf Publishers, pages 227, 368, 371 and a similar example illustrated in colour on page 229 with the title Apple II.
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