Press Release - May 2010
   
“In his portraits Krige has a penetrating intimacy and he depicts a calmness - even sanctity - in his sitters, who are almost always seated meditatively alone ... Many people from the Montagu district sat for him: domestic workers and gardeners...Koos Kok, curator of Montagu’s botanical garden, with whom he loved discussing the local fauna. Friends like Enslin du Plessis, Andrew Murray, Etienne Joubert and Fred Davis also feature. Krige ... sought an ‘honest’ image...that was sincere, uncompromisingly frank and without sentimentality.”
Justin Fox, The Life and Art of Francois Krige, Fernwood Press, Cape Town, 2000, p. 100
Left to right
Lot 803
François Krige (South African 1913-1994)
THE MONTAGU BURGERS – MR ETIENNE JOUBERT
authenticated on the reverse by Sylvia Krige (the artist’s widow) and Suzanne Fox (the artist’s sister) on 26th May 2000
oil on board
84 by 67,5cm
R 250 000 - R 350 000
Lot 804
François Krige (South African 1913-1994)
THE MONTAGU BURGERS – MR KOOS KOK
signed and dated 73; authenticated on the reverse by Sylvia Krige (the artist’s widow) and Suzanne Fox (the artist’s sister) on 25th March 2000
oil on canvas
85,5 by 70cm
R 250 000 - R 350 000
Lot 805
François Krige (South African 1913-1994)
THE MONTAGU BURGERS – MR ETIENNE JOUBERT, PORTRAIT
signed and dated 73
charcoal on paper
68 by 50cm
R 20 000 - R 30 000
Lot 806
François Krige (South African 1913-1994)
THE MONTAGU BURGERS – MR ETIENNE JOUBERT, THREE QUARTER PORTRAIT
signed and dated 73
charcoal on paper
68 by 50cm
R 20 000 - R 30 000 |
