Drawings: Tekeninge by Krige, Francois
Limited Edition of 700 copies only, all signed by the the Artist.
Drawings: Tekeninge by Krige, Francois
Hardcover, ISBN 9780624000150
Publisher: Tafelberg, 1971
Used – Very Good +. The book was issued without a DJ. This book is in a mint condition. The cover has some very limited signs of wear and the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far.
190 x 210mm. Clear plastic protective cover to boards. Signed by Krige to prelims. No previous ownership marks. One of 700 copies.
Francois Krige (1913 – 1994)
Artist, traveller and recluse, Francois Krige remained something of an enigma in the South African art world during a long career spanning much of the twentieth century.
Early in his career, Krige was awarded the medal of honour for painting and graphic art by the South African Academy for Science and Arts in 1949. Despite this recognition he shied away from the art community, but few who have encountered Krige´s beautiful and evocative paintings celebrating the fauna, flora and people of southern Africa will disagree that he deserves wider recognition. Little is known and even less written about this retiring artist. Son of Japie Uys, the legendary rugby centre, and Sannie, the novelist, and brother to the poet Uys Krige, Francois distanced himself from both the limelight and his famous and perhaps overpowering family to pursue his art in relative isolation. François lived in the Western Cape.
