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Alexis Preller (South African, 1911-1975) Three seated Mapogga women image 1
Alexis Preller (South African, 1911-1975) Three seated Mapogga women image 2
Lot 79

Alexis Preller
(South African, 1911-1975)
Three seated Mapogga women

12 October 2021, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £19,000 inc. premium

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Alexis Preller (South African, 1911-1975)

Three seated Mapogga women
signed and dated 'PRELLER '50' (lower right)
oil on panel
25.5 x 30.5cm (10 1/16 x 12in).

Footnotes

EXHIBITED:
Pretoria, Pretoria Art Museum, 'Alexis Preller retrospective,', October 1972.
Provenance
A private European collection.

Preller was enthralled by the mystique of the Mapogga women and between 1950 and 1953 was preoccupied with the theme.

These stately matriarchal figures had reigned as high priestesses and the artist was keen to depict them in all their glory, despite their reduced circumstances when this work was painted.

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