Terracotta sculptural head by South African artist Ezrom Legae, showing an abstracted zoomorphic form with pierced nostrils, rounded protruding eyes, and hand-modelled surface texture, from the Egon Guenther Collection.

Ezrom Kgobokanyo Sebata Legae Terracotta Horizontal Figure, South Africa, c.1965–1975

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Terracotta sculptural head by South African artist Ezrom Legae, showing an abstracted zoomorphic form with pierced nostrils, rounded protruding eyes, and hand-modelled surface texture, from the Egon Guenther Collection.
  • Terracotta sculptural head by South African artist Ezrom Legae, showing an abstracted zoomorphic form with pierced nostrils, rounded protruding eyes, and hand-modelled surface texture, from the Egon Guenther Collection.
  • Legae is regarded as one of the significant sculptors to emerge from the Polly Street Art Centre circle, whose artists helped define modern Black South African art in the post-war period.
  • Terracotta sculptural figure attributed to South African artist Ezrom Legae, showing an abstracted crouching human form with folded limbs and heavily textured fired clay surface, from the Egon Guenther Collection.
  • Terracotta animal form sculpture attributed to Ezrom Legae, South Africa, showing an elongated abstract head with open mouth and textured hand-modelled surface from the Egon Guenther Collection.
  • Rear view of a terracotta head sculpture attributed to Ezrom Kgobokanyo Sebata Legae, South Africa, showing deeply modelled abstracted facial contours with textured hand-worked clay surface and visible firing inclusions from the Egon Guenther Collection.
  • Terracotta sculptural head by South African artist Ezrom Legae, showing an abstracted zoomorphic form with pierced nostrils, rounded protruding eyes, and hand-modelled surface texture, from the Egon Guenther Collection.
  • Legae is regarded as one of the significant sculptors to emerge from the Polly Street Art Centre circle, whose artists helped define modern Black South African art in the post-war period.
  • Terracotta sculptural figure attributed to South African artist Ezrom Legae, showing an abstracted crouching human form with folded limbs and heavily textured fired clay surface, from the Egon Guenther Collection.
  • Terracotta animal form sculpture attributed to Ezrom Legae, South Africa, showing an elongated abstract head with open mouth and textured hand-modelled surface from the Egon Guenther Collection.
  • Rear view of a terracotta head sculpture attributed to Ezrom Kgobokanyo Sebata Legae, South Africa, showing deeply modelled abstracted facial contours with textured hand-worked clay surface and visible firing inclusions from the Egon Guenther Collection.
Ezrom Kgobokanyo Sebata Legae Terracotta Horizontal Figure, South Africa, c.1965–1975

Ezrom Kgobokanyo Sebata Legae Terracotta Horizontal Figure, South Africa, c.1965–1975

€1,200.00
€1,200.00
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This sculptural terracotta horizontal figure is attributed to South African artist Ezrom Kgobokanyo Sebata Legae and represents an early to mid-career studio work produced during the artist’s formative sculptural period. The abstracted zoomorphic form displays Legae’s characteristic reduction of anatomy into simplified volumetric masses, with projecting horn-like extremities and rounded organic elements integrated into the composition. Hand-modelled in terracotta and kiln fired, the work was conceived primarily as a sculptural object for display and collection rather than functional use.

The surface shows expected firing irregularities, minor abrasions, scattered inclusions within the clay body, and age-related handling wear consistent with studio terracotta works of the period. No visible signature observed.

Attribution supported by accompanying Strauss & Co documentation identifying the sculpture and referencing provenance from the Egon Guenther Collection.

Circa: c.1965–1975.

Provenance: Egon Guenther Collection, later by descent.

Measurements:
Height 16 cm;
Length 32 cm.
Weight: 4.985 kg.

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