Object Listing

Painting

Painting

Watercolour

Abstract, multicolour oil painting of various-sized brushstrokes an all directions- the colours are said to have 'come from his subconscious without conscious intervention...'. With wooden frame

Carving of a religious figure, Madonna; the female figure being an African lady. From light-coloured wood, with her head slightly stooped and hands clasped and raised in front, against her chest, a pose of religious? humility. Artwork has a base attached to the carving itself. Freestanding

Depicts three men in blue suits, hats and gloves?, standing with backs to viewer in a desert or barren landscape. Shadows appear to be visible on the ground, billowing clouds visible in the distance

Abstract carving of two supporting 'legs' joining to form one totem pole-like structure. Carved circles and indented lines throughout. Light-coloured wood. Freestanding.

Oil on canvas work by Ernest Metheun Mancoba (b1904 d2002). Multicolor work with rough geometric shapes, rough textured surface, with wooden frame

Drawing of a woman in a headscarf singing, pictured on right, with a musical instrument seen to the left of the image

Painting

Painting

Etching

Etching & Aquatint

Large portrait of (Sir) Lionel Phillips, standing in study or office, left hand and foot extended, right hand in pocket. Chair in background, desk on left hand side. His left hand is placed on a thick book. Dark colours. He was knighted after 1910, and would then have been referred to as Sir

A street scene depicting an encounter between an alluring woman in a bright red dress and swept- back hair holding a small black bag talking to a man in trench coat and hat, seemingly lit by speckled, textured street light. Appears to be a conversation, perhaps confrontation or proposition

Drawing

Painting

Two young white girls in large voluminous hoop skirts running through tall trees and greenery, and with mountains in the mid-foreground.  Pointillism and small brushstrokes can be seen. The blues in the sky are arced.

Bronze sculpture of Chief Albert Luthuli, by the artist Zwelidumile Geelboi Mgxaji Mhlaba "Dumile" Feni

Simple ink on brown paper sketch of three birds with long protruding legs nestled in grassy background.

Simple graphic, geometric image with wooden boards/cladding on the outside of a house, with a long rectangular shuttered window above, left side glass broken, and the right side shows fork prongs side down in the room behind. Rainbow colours running down the boards from the window

Interior scene with window above shiny parquet flooring; window with blinds half pulled down blocks view out to manicured garden. Various patterns visible across all surfaces

Depicts portrait of mustached middle-aged man, facing slight right, wearing waistcoat and suit with watch chain, brooch or pin on left-hand collar. Holding book in right hand, left hand resting on left lapel, curtain at right. Family crest in top right hand corner

Painting

Abstract depiction of landscape, in bold geometric shapes and forms, with a variety of patterns.  Metzinger was an important part of the French Cubist movement

Painting

Two young girls seated in a wood, with a small wooden rail behind them, looking up. View is from the right side. Small yellow flowers, blue and red flowers visible, and older girls is wearing a yellow dress, with white sash. Her hair is long and flowing, and her shoes are black with metal buckle. Smaller girl is leaning towards older girl, and wears a green dress with lace edging. She appears to be pointing to something they are both looking at.

Ink drawing depicting a man in a large animal skin coat, alongside a dog, standing at the door of a house, presumed to be begging for food. The owner of the house is holding a small parcel of food out to the man at the door. There is a landscape visible to the left of the picture, as well as a small wooden fence.

Ink drawing depicting a prostrate shepherd with some visible wounds on his back, presumed that he is dead. His crook is above his head on the ground.  Lying next to him is a dead sheep, and both the shepherd and the sheep are below a male lion who is looking off in to distance at other fleeing sheep.

Drawing