Irma Stern 'St Marks Square, Venice'

General

Object Auto ID

17581

Alternate Codes

objectautoid_sahrisv1_23045

Common Name

Irma Stern 'St Marks Square, Venice'

Classified Name

Oil painting

Quantity

1.00

Object Description

ARTIST: Irma Stern (South African, 1894-1966)
TITLE: St Marks square, Venice INSCRIBED: signed and dated 'Irma Stern/ 1948' (lower left)MEDIUM: oil on canvas within Zanzibar wooden frame SIZE: 70 x 70cm (27 9/16 x 27 9/16in).LiteratureM. Arnold, Irma Stern: A Feast for the Eye, (Stellenbosch, 1005), illustrated p. 90 as 'St. Marco Square, Venice'.

Provenance

Acquired from Wolpe Gallery, Cape Town, circa 1965 by the current owner

Description

Material Types

Oil paint

Technique Types

Oil Painting

Distinguishing Features

Artwork is within a carved, Zanzibar wood frame, and depicts St. Marks Square in Venice where the artist worked and visited in 1948.

Inscriptions

-Signed and dated 'Irma Stern/ 1948'

Measurement Type	Unit	Value
Width	cm	70.00	View
Height	cm	70.00	View

Dimension Comments

dimensions of work without frame

History

Object Age

1948

Object Age Comment

as inscribed by artist (recto, lower left)

Maker

Irma Stern

Collector Comment

Private collection

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