allusions of abstraction -...

Al lus ions of Abstract ion1 June to 12 July 2013

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johans borman

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5 Walter Battiss

7 Simon Stone

8 Robert Hodgins

9 May Hillhouse

10 Cecil Skotnes

13 Douglas Portway

14 Pranas Domsaitis

15 Erik Laubscher

17 Lucky Sibiya

18 Anna Vorster

19 Bridget Riley

20 Alfred Manessier

21 Paul du Toit

22 Sydney Kumalo

23 Hussein Salim

25 Harold Voigt

26 Carl Büchner

27 Gail Catlin

28 Paul Blomkamp

29 Robert Slingsby

30 Edoardo Villa

31 Kenneth Baker

32 Philip Barlow

35 Gavin Rain

37 Renée le Roux

38 Welcome Koboka

39 Jaco Sieberhagen

42 Marlene von Dürckheim

48 Wehrner Lemmer

52 Ben Coutouvidis

53 Anton Chapman

Contents

The search for perfection through abstraction has inspired

artists to dissect the relationship between the real and the

imagined. This philosophy is something ethereal, intangible and

labyrinthine; the artist’s search for the Ideal - a concept which

will communicate the essence of its subject; the truth.

Fruit sellers in the sunOil on canvas

40,5 x 45,5 cmSigned bottom left

Walter Battiss(1906 - 1982)

Swimmers1977

Watercolour and gouache20,5 x 9,5 cm

Signed and dated top right

The sailorOil on board100 x 78 cm

Signed bottom left

Simon Stone(b 1952)

What’s your case, heh?2003

Oil on canvas45 x 45 cm

Signed, dated and titled on the back

Robert Hodgins(1920 - 2010)

Mowbray by night1960


Signed and dated bottom right

May Hillhouse(1908 - 1989)

CoupleCarved, incised and painted wood panel

60,5 x 45,5 cmSigned bottom left

Cecil Skotnes(1926 - 2009)

HeadCarved, incised and painted wood panel

76 x 102 cmSigned top right

Head and figureCarved, incised and painted wood panel

58 x 45 cmSigned bottom left

Abstract1973

Mixed media on paper50 x 66 cm


Douglas Portway(1922 - 1993)

Three Sisters, KarooOil on board

35,5 x 54,5 cmSigned bottom right

Pranas Domsaitis(1880 - 1965)

Naby Ladismith1981


Signed bottom right, signed, titled and dated on the back

Erik Laubscher(1927 - 2013)

Overberg No. 11965

Acrylic on board73 x 121,5 cm

Signed and dated bottom left

AbstractCarved, incised and painted wood panel

61 x 91 cmSigned bottom right

Lucky Sibiya(1942 - 1999)

Olympian Grove no. 21965



Anna Vorster(1928 - 1990)

Edge of Light1981 - 2003

Silkscreen on paper - Edition 57/85105 x 90 cm

Signed, dated, titled and numbered in the margin

Bridget Riley(b 1931)

Abstract1968

Oil on board21,5 x 21,5 cm

Signed and dated bottom middle

Alfred Manessier(1911 - 1993)

Brown abstract1964

Oil on canvasboard62 x 92 cm


Paul du Toit(1922 - 1986)

God sent the lizard1973

Pastel on paper56 x 76 cm


Sydney Kumalo(1935 - 1988)

As if yesterday2013

Acrylic on canvas98,5 x 158 cm


Hussein Salim(b 1966)

Perfect day 12013

Acrylic on canvas136 x 136 cm


SWA landscape 11982

Oil on canvas100,5 x 152,5 cm


Harold Voigt(b 1939)

Still lifeOil on board45 x 60,5 cm

Signed bottom right

Carl Büchner(1921 - 2003)

Four vasesLiquid crystal, pigment and oil

75 x 105 cmSigned bottom right

Gail Catlin(b 1948)

Paul Blomkamp(b 1949)

TreeAcrylic on canvas140 x 169,5 cm

Signed bottom left

Common ground2000



Robert Slingsby(b 1955)

Two standing figures1978

Bronze - Edition 2/3Height 31 cm

Stamped with signature, date and edition number at the bottom

Edoardo Villa(1915 - 2011)

Kenneth Baker(1931 - 1995)

After a long day1972

Oil on board38 x 42 cm


Philip Barlow(b 1968)

flurry2013



ten fifty seven am2012



4 pm2013



Gavin Rain(b 1971)

The Balcony Portrait2013



Portrait of Manuela2013



Bather1988



Renée le Roux(b 1927)

The musicians1990

Oil on board46 x 30,5 cm


Welcome Koboka(1941 - 1997)

Bits and pieces manLaser cut mild steel and paint - Edition 2/7

Height 53,5 cmStamped with signature and edition number underneath

Jaco Sieberhagen(b 1961)

Changing the furnitureLaser cut mild steel and paint - Edition 1/7

Height 63 cmStamped with signature and edition number underneath

The lightLaser cut mild steel and paint - Edition 2/7

53 x 69,5 cmStamped with signature and edition number on the base

Abstract landscape I (Argos)2013



Marlene von Dürckheim(b 1945)

Abstract shapes in a landscape (Argos)2012



Abstract landscape III (Argos)2013



Long walls to Piraeus2013

Oil on canvas (triptych)Each panel 20 x 20 cm (3)


Still life with apples and jug2012



Still life with mandolin and flute1992

Pastel on paper66 x 46 cm


Le BlancSteel and enamel paint

Height 207 cm

Wehrner Lemmer(b 1963)

Blue/Orange2012

Steel and enamel paintHeight 144 cm

Signed, dated and titled underneath

NjabuloSteel and enamel paint

Height 161 cm

Strawberry2012

Steel and enamel paintHeight 112 cm

Signed and dated underneath

Continuous line2013


Signed and dated on the back

Ben Coutouvidis(b 1970)

Blue Expanse2013

Watercolour18 x 25 cm

Signed and dated top left

Anton Chapman(b 1958)

Walking figure2013



Bloom2012

Oil on canvas30 x 100,5 cm

Signed and dated on the stretcher frame

Vertical2013



Fragments2013



Across2012



Haze2013

Watercolour17,5 x 26 cm


Fade2012



Photography

Zach Taljaard and Amy Catchpole

Colour editing, design and layout

Amy Catchpole

Johans Borman Fine Art, Cape Town, 2013

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