Stern’s Portrait of Freda Feldman in Basuto Hat on sale in SA
AN iconic Irma Stern 1943 painting titled Portrait of Freda Feldman in Basuto Hat has finally returned to South African shores and will go on sale on Monday.The work is expected to fetch R5m-R7m along with the original Basotho hat (or mokorotlo) worn by the sitter.Alastair Meredith‚ an art specialist from Strauss & Co‚ said the portrait was especially significant because of the relationship between Stern and Feldman.Meredith said Stern would stay with the family while she was in Johannesburg, painting intimate portraits of different members of the family."Irma Stern is the most well known South African artist. This is a very important example of her work … many of Stern’s portraits are quite loosely painted‚ quite freely rendered, whereas this example is much more tightly painted."One gets the sense that there was a huge amount of love and respect and time and care that went into the painting of her friend essentially‚" Meredith said.The pair met when Feldman (née Ginsburg) married ...
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