Coetzee, Christo2016-07-082016-07-0819912011http://hdl.handle.net/2263/54514Coetzee used the rose as a motif in his paintings as early as the 1940s. The image of the rose is used in his small portraits, on the tables of his still-life paintings, as well as in the background of his avant-garde artworks. His depiction of roses went through many transformations from being life-like subjects of still life paintings, to the rose being depicted as an abstract worm-like form.1220 m x 1220 mmOil on boardCopyright of the electronic version, University of Pretoria.MotifImage