Robert Hodgins; Artist Resting; Don’t Fuck with Me Babe!, two

About this Item

Robert Hodgins
South African 1920-2010
Artist Resting; Don’t Fuck with Me Babe!, two
painting (2009/10) inscribed with the artist's name and the title on the reverse, authenticated by the artist's partner Jan Neethling in 2012; plate signed, dated 2006 and inscribed with the ceramist's name on the reverse
oil on canvas; painted and glazed ceramic
painting: 60 by 60cm excluding frame; 63,5 by 63,5 by 4cm including frame; plate: diameter: 32cm

Notes

The sudden onset of Hodgins's illness and subsequent hospitalisation prevented him from signing the work.

Images of the painting and the plate in the composite image are not to scale.

Literature

Retief Van Wyk (2008) The Ceramic Art of Robert Hodgins, Cape Town: Bell-Roberts, illustrated on page 24. Ceramics Contemporary Figural Interior Painting