Sihlali (Durant Basi, 1935-2004). No 5 Shaft - Durban Deep, 1975, watercolour on paper, signed and dated lower right, mount aperture 525 x 741 mm (20 3/4 x 29 1/8 ins), framed (75 x 95 cm), together with Rainy Day at Zola, 1974, watercolour on paper, signed and dated lower right, mount aperture 400 x 289 mm (15 3/4 x 11 3/8 ins), framed and glazed (54.5 x 43 cm), ink manuscript title on frame backing paper, plus A family scene, watercolour on paper, depicting a couple with a young child, the woman sitting weeping, signed lower left, mount aperture 538 x 378 mm (21 1/8 x 14 7/8 ins), framed and glazed (71 x 54.5 cm) (Quantity: 3) Durant Basi Sihlali was born in Germiston, South Africa. He studied first at the Moroko Chiawelo Centre (1950-1953) and then until 1958 at the Polly Street Art Centre, where he was taught by Cecil Skotnes Sihlali was Head of Fine Arts at the Federated Union of Black Artists (Fuba) from 1983 until 2004. He exhibited in Beverly Hills, Nuremberg, Palermo and Athens. His painting No 5 Shaft - Durban Deep was later reproduced as a lithograph.
Sihlali (Durant Basi, 1935-2004). No 5 Shaft - Durban Deep, 1975, watercolour on paper, signed and dated lower right, mount aperture 525 x 741 mm (20 3/4 x 29 1/8 ins), framed (75 x 95 cm), together with Rainy Day at Zola, 1974, watercolour on paper, signed and dated lower right, mount aperture 400 x 289 mm (15 3/4 x 11 3/8 ins), framed and glazed (54.5 x 43 cm), ink manuscript title on frame backing paper, plus A family scene, watercolour on paper, depicting a couple with a young child, the woman sitting weeping, signed lower left, mount aperture 538 x 378 mm (21 1/8 x 14 7/8 ins), framed and glazed (71 x 54.5 cm) (Quantity: 3) Durant Basi Sihlali was born in Germiston, South Africa. He studied first at the Moroko Chiawelo Centre (1950-1953) and then until 1958 at the Polly Street Art Centre, where he was taught by Cecil Skotnes Sihlali was Head of Fine Arts at the Federated Union of Black Artists (Fuba) from 1983 until 2004. He exhibited in Beverly Hills, Nuremberg, Palermo and Athens. His painting No 5 Shaft - Durban Deep was later reproduced as a lithograph.
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