Alexis Preller (South African, 1911-1975) 'In the beginning'
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Notes : PROVENANCE:Collection of Mr & Mrs Hubert Press, Sandton, circa 1972Private collection, United KingdomEXHIBITED:Johannesburg, Lidchi Gallery, 20 October - 8 November 1965, cat. no. 1Pretoria, Pretoria Art Museum, Alexis Preller retrospective, 24 October-26 November 1972, cat. no. 113, illustratedLITERATURE:E. Berman & K. Nel, Alexis Preller, a Visual Biography, (Johannesburg, 2009), illustrated p.258"In the Beginning, 1964, portrays symbolically the origin of life itself" (Berman & Nel 2009, p.351). One of several works by the artist of the same name, the present lot contains an early example of Preller's sun-egg motif.
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