Private Collection, The Netherlands

The present lot by South African artist Robert Hodgins emits a sense of sadness and seriousness, both themes prominent in his oeuvre of depicting the melancholic perception of human nature. The blue colour palette and surrounding shadows in Someplace on the Edge of Time envelopes the three faceless figures in the foreground, conveying their isolation from society. Hodgins aims to convey the way we form emotions through the human experience and these feelings are clearly depicted in this fine example. Hodgin’s artworks are held in local collections in the Pretoria Art Museum and South African National Gallery, as well as international collections like MoMA in New York.ไ