INVESTMENT ART !!! - A HIDDEN GEM FINALLY DISCOVERED !!

INVESTMENT ART !!! ALEXANDER ROSE-INNES (SA 1915 - 1996) - RARE UNCIRCULATED FRAMED WATERCOLOUR - CLEARLY SIGNED AND AUTHENTICATED BY A LOCAL REPUTABLE AUCTION HOUSE - I CAN CONFIRMED IT HAS NEVER BEEN CIRCULATED BEFORE AS IT WAS IN THE PORTFOLIO OF PAINTINGS THAT I PURCHASED OF CHARLES THEODORE VILLET - THIS RARE PAINTING HAS A CHARLES VILLET PAINTING ON THE REVERSE - CHECK THE PICTURES - THERE IS ABOUT 80mm IN WIDTH OF THE PAINTING BEHIND THE FRAME - THE PAINTING HAS NOT BEEN STUCK DOWN SO IT WILL BE QUITE EASY TO REFRAME AND EXPOSE THE FULL WORKS

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FRAME IS 660 X 560mm - VISIBLE PAINTING IS  440 X 340mm

Rose-Innes arrived in Cape Town in 1956, when he was 41 years of age. According to Bekker (1991:12), In the 1950s Cape Town was, without doubt, the artistic capital of South Africa. Many of the leading artists lived and worked in the Cape. The art market was buoyant and the quality of works exhibited high, as was the public awareness of art and artists. Rose-Innes initially began working as a sign-writer for a Johannesburg-based company, Neon-Fluorescent, in order to make a living in the Cape. Shortly thereafter he befriended the curator of the Michaelis Collection, Matthys Bokhurst, who encouraged him to continue painting and exhibiting his work. Rose-Innes had his first solo exhibition in 1958, having previously participated only in group shows in the Eastern Province. In 1962 he exhibited in a group exhibition at the South African Association of Arts Gallery together with Ruth Prowse, David Botha, Gregoire Boonzaier, Carl Büchner, Nerine Desmond and Frank Spears (Bekker, 1991).

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