Dumile Feni mhlaba (zwelidumile Mxgazi) (South African, 1942 - 1991)

Artwork title: Mother and Child or They Saw Me

Artist:  Dumile Feni mhlaba (zwelidumile Mxgazi) (South African, 1942 - 1991)

Size (HxWxD): 99 cm - 65.5 cm (38.98 in - 25.79 in)

Date of painting:  1966

Auction sale: 

Provenance: Private Collection, Cape Town. Aspire Art Auctions, 14 February 2020, lot 41. Acquired from the above by the current owner.

Literature: South African Breweries Art Prize, exhibition catalogue, illustrated on page 8. MT Moerane (1966) ‘Editor’s Column’, The World, 28 October, illustrated in black and white. Esmé Berman (1970) Art and Artists of South Africa, Johannesburg: AA Balkema, illustrated on page 83. Prince Mbusi Dube (2010) Dumile Feni: The Story of a Great Artist, Volume 1, Johannesburg: Mutloatse Arts Heritage Trust, artwork illustrated on page 85, article accompanying lot illustrated on page 218.

Exhibited: South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South African Breweries Art Prize, travelling exhibition, September to October 1966. Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria, South African Breweries Art Prize, travelling exhibition, October to November 1966. Johannesburg Civic Theatre, Johannesburg, South African Breweries Art Prize, travelling exhibition, November to December 1966. Durban Art Gallery, Durban, South African Breweries Art Prize, travelling exhibition, January to February 1967.

Classification: Modern and Contemporary Art