Irma Stern (1894-1966) - Women in a Market

Women in a Market

limited edition photolithograph, 181/250
60.96 cms x 42.55 cms x 60.96 cms (24 ins x 16.75 ins x 24 ins)
Signed in plate only lower left, editioned in pencil lower right
made in 1982
Lot offered for sale by Saskatchewan NAC, Regina at the auction event "Black History Month Art Auction" held on Sun, Feb 25, 2024.
Lot 41
Estimate: CAD $300 - $350
Realised: CAD $118

Lot description - from the online catalogue*

Provenance:
This image is from the 1982 posthumous portfolio printed The Graphic Guild in an edition of 250. This print can also be found in the permanent collection of the University of Cape Town (theirs is 171/250).
Notes:
Irma Stern was born in 1894 in Schweizer-Reneka, South Africa. In 1913 Stern moved to Germany to study art at the Weimer Academy and the Levin-Funcke Studio. From 1917 she studied with Max Pechstein as part of the Novembergruppe and became associated with the German Expressionist movement. She held her first exhibition in 1919, in Berlin. In 1920 Stern returned to Cape Town, South Africa. Throughout her life Stern travelled extensively, especially across Africa, and published two illustrated journals, Congo (1943) and Zanzibar (1948). With nearly one hundred solo exhibitions during her lifetime, throughout South Africa and Europe, Stern is considered one of South Africa's most important artists. In 2005 one of her paintings sold at a London auction for nearly $5 million USD. Irma Stern died in 1966, in Cape Town.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Saskatchewan NAC auction house for permission to use.
Women in a Market by artist Irma Stern