Alexis Preller: Guna - SOLD
Alexis Preller (1911 - 1975)
Guna - 1971
Oil on canvas
61 x 51 cm
Signed and dated bottom left
Sold - 2012
Preller’s portrait of his lover, Guna, offers a classical side profile reminiscent of the busts and reliefs of Roman emperors - obviously painted with great affection and adoration.
ILLUSTRATED Esmé Berman & Karel Nel, Alexis Preller: Africa, the Sun and Shadows , Saxonwold, 2009, p 320