Ending 7th Jun, 2026 16:00
Olympia Timed: Modern and Contemporary African and Middle Eastern Art 2026
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QWAA (BOTSWANAN circa 1920-1990) / THAMAE SETSHOGO (BOTSWANAN circa 1970-2004)
(I) JACKALL, SPRINGHARE AND OSTRICH
(II) LION STALKING KUDU
(i) inscribed 10/55 JACKALL SPRINGHARE AND OSTRICH QWAA 1992 in pencil lower margin
(ii) inscribed 20/21 LION STALKING KUDU TAMAE. S 1999 in pencil lower margin
(i) lithograph printed in colours on wove paper with full margins
(ii) linocut printed in colours on wove paper with full margins
(i) 38 x 57cm; 15 x 22 1/2in
(ii) 49.5 x 50cm; 19 1/2 x 19 3/4in (sheet)
both unframed
(2)
Property of a Private Collector, Brighton
Provenance
Acquired from the artists by the present owner
Qwaa Mangana and Thamae Setshogowere both San artists affiliated with the Kuru Art Project in D'Kar, Ghanzi District, Botswana, one of the most significant developments in twentieth-century African art. Established in 1990 to support San communities in the Kalahari, the project gave artists access to printmaking equipment and art materials for the first time, enabling a distinctive body of work that draws on San visual traditions, folklore, mythology and intimate knowledge of the Kalahari landscape and its animals. Qwaa was among the founding members and one of its most celebrated practitioners; his works are characterised by an elegant graphic sensibility and the half-human, half-animal figures drawn from San cosmology and trance-dance tradition. Setshogo's work was exhibited internationally, including at the Intergrafia '94 World Award Winners Gallery in Katowice, Poland.
Sold for £20
(I) JACKALL, SPRINGHARE AND OSTRICH
(II) LION STALKING KUDU
(i) inscribed 10/55 JACKALL SPRINGHARE AND OSTRICH QWAA 1992 in pencil lower margin
(ii) inscribed 20/21 LION STALKING KUDU TAMAE. S 1999 in pencil lower margin
(i) lithograph printed in colours on wove paper with full margins
(ii) linocut printed in colours on wove paper with full margins
(i) 38 x 57cm; 15 x 22 1/2in
(ii) 49.5 x 50cm; 19 1/2 x 19 3/4in (sheet)
both unframed
(2)
Property of a Private Collector, Brighton
Provenance
Acquired from the artists by the present owner
Qwaa Mangana and Thamae Setshogowere both San artists affiliated with the Kuru Art Project in D'Kar, Ghanzi District, Botswana, one of the most significant developments in twentieth-century African art. Established in 1990 to support San communities in the Kalahari, the project gave artists access to printmaking equipment and art materials for the first time, enabling a distinctive body of work that draws on San visual traditions, folklore, mythology and intimate knowledge of the Kalahari landscape and its animals. Qwaa was among the founding members and one of its most celebrated practitioners; his works are characterised by an elegant graphic sensibility and the half-human, half-animal figures drawn from San cosmology and trance-dance tradition. Setshogo's work was exhibited internationally, including at the Intergrafia '94 World Award Winners Gallery in Katowice, Poland.
Auction: Olympia Timed: Modern and Contemporary African and Middle Eastern Art 2026, ending 7th Jun, 2026
If you want to start collecting striking modern and contemporary art in a newly developing market, our sales are for you. Each spring and autumn, the Modern and Contemporary African and Middle Eastern Department hold tightly curated, live and online auctions. Expect to find Arab artists such as Rabab Nemr, Ahmed Farid, Seif Wanly and Fateh Moudarres. African artists featured have ranged from modern masters such as Ablade Glover, Sam Ntiro and Jacob Hendrik Pierneef, to contemporary artists George Lilanga, Jilali Gharbaoui, Famakan Magassa, Christano Mangovo, Oluwole Omofemi, Esther Mahlangu and Brett Seiler.
