Christo Coetzee - Paintings from London and Paris 1954-1964

"Coetzee's work is decorative, delightful, provocative, ironic, radically new, and old, all at the same time. His flamboyance is energetic and spirited, his canvases are a joy to have around." - Stephen Gray. 'The aesthetic of abstraction that emerged in European - and particularly French - art during the 1950's and 60's is receiving renewed critical attention internationally. It is often forgotten that one of South Africa's most celebrated artists of the time, the late Christo Coetzee, was prominent in the French avant-garde. A collection of 49 canvases he painted in London and Paris in this period have recently been brought to South Africa after being stored away by the Parisian art dealer Rodolphe Stadler and by the widow of Coetzee's mentor in London, Anthony Denney,' [front flap note]. Book condition: as new, jacket lightly rubbed, with some slight creasing to edges; no inscriptions.