Accession No

2013.230


Description

Drypoint print by David Koloane, titled 'Night Shift I', 2008. edition 15/30. Signed by the artist. Condition: Green fibres on reverse. Otherwise good.


Place

Africa; Southern Africa South Africa


Period


Source

Caversham Press [vendor]; Art Fund [monetary donor]; Esmée Fairbairn Foundation [monetary donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

2013.230; 15/30; 00672/v.


Cultural Affliation

South African


Material

Paper; Pigment


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
David Nthubu Koloane, South African artist, was born in Alexandra, Johannesburg on 5 June 1938. He received his art training at the Bill Ainslie Studios from 1974-1977. In 1977 Koloane co-founded an art gallery in Johannesburg. He participated in the Thupelo Workshops in Johannesburg and the Triangle Artists Workshop in New York, USA. In 1985 he was awarded a Diploma in Museum Studies from the University of London and he was curator of the FUBA Gallery. He was a judge for the 1988 Cape Town Triennial. He exhibited in SA, USA, England, Botswana and Zimbabwe.
Event Date 14/10/2013
Author: Remke van der Velden


Context (CMS Context)
Print part of a suite of five: 2013.230 - 2013.234. Value given is value of entire suite. An infinity symbol blind stamp is visible in the bottom right corner. Written in pencil on the reverse of the print, in the bottom right corner '00672/v.'.
Event Date 14/10/2013
Author: Remke van der Velden


Context (CMS Context)
Presented by The Art Fund and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation. An acquisition project to build a collection of modern and contemporary work on paper from Australia, Canada and South Africa was undertaken over 2011-13 with the support of a grant under The Art Fund's RENEW programme. The collection was developed with the expert advice and generous assistance of Annie Coombes and Norman Vorano in relation to South African and Inuit artists respectively. Khadija Carroll, Anita Herle and Diana Wood Conroy also contributed to the selection process.

Purchased from The Caversham Press, The Caversham Press, Balgowan
Event Date 14/10/2013
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Drypoint print by David Koloane, titled 'Night Shift I', 2008. edition 15/30. Signed by the artist. Condition: Green fibres on reverse. Otherwise good.
Event Date 14/10/2013
Author: maa


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