Studio interior, Yggdrasil

Preller, Alexis, 1911-1975

Studio interior, Yggdrasil

Preller, Alexis, 1911-1975; Van Eeden, Jeanne; Berman, Esme; De Kamper, Gerard Christiaan

URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/19544

Date: 1946

Abstract:

Turquoise study of a room. Sunflowers in the front stairs going to a second level at the back with a chest and a sculpture against the back wall. The pillar holding the roof beam is carved into a sculpture.

A sub heading was included at one stage "Studio Interior, Yggdrasil, a tribute to Vincent van Gogh".

Description:

Notes (working report): Exhibition: Alexis Preller, MacFadyen Memorail Hall 8-22 June 1946, University of Pretoria, Exhibition: Alexis Preller: Africa, the Sun and Shadows, Standardbank Gallery 13 October to 5 December 2009. Literature: In the Art and heritage book it wrongly states that "Yggdrasil" was in Broederstroom but it was at Elengeni in Pretoria (the studio of Pierneef earlier).

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