George Mnyalaza Milwa Pemba (South African, 1912 - 2001)

Artwork title:	Clean Up
Artist:	George Mnyalaza Milwa Pemba (South African, 1912 - 2001)
Lot number:	125
Estimate:	ZAR 400,000 - ZAR 600,000
Medium:	Oil on canvas laid down on board
Category:	Paintings
Size (HxWxD):	38 cm - 48 cm (14.96 in - 18.9 in)
Date of painting:	60
Lot description:	60
Misc:	Signed / Inscribed
Price realised:	Signedin to unlock
Auction house:	Strauss & Co \| Cape Town
Auction sale:	Perspectives on Africa
Auction date:	Feb 16, 2025
Provenance:	Acquired from the artist by Hans J Weber, Port Elizabeth. Everard Read, Johannesburg, 1991. Private Collection.
Literature:	Sarah Huddleston (1990) Against All Odds: George Pemba, His Life and Works, Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball Publishers, illustrated in colour on page 116. Hayden Proud and Barry Feinberg (ed) (1996) George Milwa Mnyaluza Pemba: Exhibition, Cape Town, South African National Gallery, 27.4.-28.7.1996, Cape Town: South African National Gallery, exhibition catalogue, cat. no. 103.
Exhibited:	Everard Read, Johannesburg, George Mnyaluza Milwa Pemba, 1991, illustrated in colour in the exhibition catalogue on page 3. Goodman Gallery, London, Mapping Another Route - South African Artists in a Modern Era, 2 to 26 September 2023.
Classification:	Modern & Contemporary Art

Artwork title: Clean Up

Artist: George Mnyalaza Milwa Pemba (South African, 1912 - 2001)

Lot Number: 125

Estimate prices: ZAR 400,000 - ZAR 600,000

Medium:

Oil on canvas laid down on board

Category:

Paintings

Size (HxWxD): 38 cm - 48 cm (14.96 in - 18.9 in)

Date of painting: 60

Desc:

Misc: Signed / Inscribed

Price realised: Signedin to unlock

Auction house: Strauss & Co | Cape Town

Auction sale:

Perspectives on Africa

Auction date: Feb 16, 2025

Provenance: Acquired from the artist by Hans J Weber, Port Elizabeth. Everard Read, Johannesburg, 1991. Private Collection.

Literature: Sarah Huddleston (1990) Against All Odds: George Pemba, His Life and Works, Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball Publishers, illustrated in colour on page 116. Hayden Proud and Barry Feinberg (ed) (1996) George Milwa Mnyaluza Pemba: Exhibition, Cape Town, South African National Gallery, 27.4.-28.7.1996, Cape Town: South African National Gallery, exhibition catalogue, cat. no. 103.

Exhibited: Everard Read, Johannesburg, George Mnyaluza Milwa Pemba, 1991, illustrated in colour in the exhibition catalogue on page 3. Goodman Gallery, London, Mapping Another Route - South African Artists in a Modern Era, 2 to 26 September 2023.

Classification: Modern & Contemporary Art

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