Lot 198
DAVID BOWIE (BRITISH 1947-2016) §
ANCESTOR II
Auction: 17 August 2017 at 12:00 BST
£2,000
Description
SIgned and dated '98 in pencil to margin, numbered 21/175, photolithograph
Dimensions
57cm x 46cm (22.5in x 18in)
Footnote
Note: This is a print after an original painting in which Bowie explores thoughts on the "white ancestor" story, gleaned from his trip to South Africa. The artist wrote: "In 1995 Iman and I took our first trip to South Africa. One of the prevailing stories handed down is that when the first tribes saw the white man they presumed they were being visited by their ancestors, as in their mythology the ancestors appear as a ghost-like white form."