Stein Lessing Maria (1 results)
More imagesPublished by Galerie Vincent, Pretoria, 1951
Seller: Snookerybooks, Philippolis, South AfricaSnookerybooks
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 76.61
£ 21.25 shippingShips from South Africa to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Very Good. Cream-coloured card folded to produce eight sides of 19 x 25cm. No year supplied but, of the 31 works itemised, the first ("The long yellow grass" priced at 75 guineas), when sold at Bonhams for 60 000 pounds in 2009, was reported as having been acquired in 1951 at Galerie Vincent by an attache…to the US Embassy in Pretoria. Bonhams also stated that the work was exhibited at the 1950 Venice Biennale and this is in accord with the exhibition brochure (see image3). The brochure is unmarked and features a tipped-in colour print (see image2). Parallel English/Afrikaans text. An exceedingly scarce item.
