Norman CATHERINE

 

originally part of the

PELMAMA PERMANENT ART COLLECTION

 

A complete listing of 123 works

in chronological date order, irrespective of medium

 

>>>  including 119 worksx donated to the Oliewenhuis Art Museum Bloemfontein in 2006  <<<  

 


 

 

Click on years below to link to various albums or view only highlights

 

 

THF

Title

Year

Medium

Edition

cm

Coll

 

 

1970 + 1971 - the early pre-airbrush period

 

 

70/01

Clash

1970

linocut

proof

22x41

OAM

 

70/02

Flight

1970

linocut

5/25

38x39

OAM

 

70/03

Jailbird

1970

s/screen/paper

25/35

57x57

OAM

 

70/04

Conductor

1970

s/screen/paper

16/35

38x36

OAM

 

71/01

Evolution

1971

s/screen/paper

9/20

36x31

 OAM

 

71/02

Pearl diver

1971

s/screen/paper

6/30

27x28.5

 OAM

 

71/03

Aquatile

1971

s/screen/paper

7/24

25x32

 OAM

 

71/04

Viksitation

1971

s/screen/paper

11/24

27x35

 OAM

 

71/05

Clovenhoof

1971

s/screen/paper

7/25

37x25

 OAM

 

71/06

Rainmaker

1971

s/screen/paper

19/25

36x27

 OAM

 

71/07

Black queen

1971

s/screen/paper

13/25

39x31

OAM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1972 - the first airbrush works

 

 

72/01

Composition

1972

hand coloured litho

n.n.

11.5x11.5

 OAM

 

72/02

Geometrical I.

1972

airbrush

 

17x16

 OAM

 

72/03

Symbols

1972

airbrush

 

23x32

 OAM

 

72/04

Night call

1972

airbrush

 

21x21

 OAM

 

72/05

Unknown soldier

1972

airbrush

 

19x20

WD

 

72/06

Cartoon tragedy I.

1972

airbrush

 

16x16

OAM

 

72/07

Cartoon tragedy II.

1972

airbrush

 

16x16

OAM

 

72/08

Fertility

1972

airbrush

 

20x23

OAM

 

72/09

Looking back

1972

airbrush

 

20x23

OAM

 

72/10

Head

1972

airbrush

 

20x22

OAM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1973

no works from this period!

 

 

1974 - early important airbrush works and pen & ink drawings

 

 

74/01

Bushbuck ridge

1974

airbrush

 

66x65

OAM

 

74/02

Me, frontview after looking at zebra

1974

pen & ink

 

18x14

OAM

 

74/03

Me, backview 1.10 a.m.

1974

pen & ink

 

18x14

OAM

 

74/04

2.05 a.m. after looking at me

1974

pen & ink

 

18x14

OAM

 

74/05

Bushbuckridge at sundown

1974

pen & ink

 

37x37

OAM

 

74/06

Bird of prey and the native recruiting company

1974

pen & ink

 

37x37

OAM

 

74/07

First movement in jigstep toward the truth

1974

pen & ink

 

34x31

OAM

 

74/08

Second wareness in jigstep towards evolutionary being

1974

pen & ink

 

34x31

OAM

 

74/09

Bushman series II/V (Queen complete)

1974

airbrush

 

78x52

OAM

 

74/10

Bushman series III/V (Remembrance of things to come)

1974

airbrush

 

86x66

OAM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1975, 1976 + 1977 - important airbrush works from the middle period

 

 

75/01

Seated figure on red brick wall

1975

airbrush

 

83x64

OAM

 

75/02

Fish and red ball

1975

airbrush

 

44x29

OAM

 

75/03

Urban activities

1975

airbrush

 

79x66

OAM

 

75/04

Self confessed

1975

airbrush

 

74x59

OAM

 

75/05

Self portrait

1975

orig. col. litho

63/90

64x45

OAM

 

76/01

Discrimination

1976

airbrush

 

54.5x43

OAM

 

76/02

Memorial

1976

airbrush

 

87x58

OAM

 

76/03

Water can

1976

airbrush

 

50x66

OAM

 

76/04

Genesis

1976

airbrush

 

23x35

OAM

 

76/05

Times of change

1976

airbrush

 

24x34

OAM

 

76/06

Tearing female sentry

1976

airbrush

 

33x24

OAM

 

76/07

From where to where

1976

airbrush

 

34x24

OAM

 

76/08

Metamorphosis I. & II.

1976

airbrush

 

each 22x17

OAM

 

76/09

Sausage entry

1976

airbrush

 

29x38

OAM

 

76/10

Fate's choice

1976

airbrush

 

39x28

OAM

 

76/11

Slide

1976

airbrush

 

65x94

OAM

 

77/01

Just thin layers

1977

airbrush

 

89x64

OAM

 

77/02

Zootomy

1977

airbrush

 

62x92

OAM

 

77/03

Last letters from the wilderness

1977

airbrush

 

56x56

OAM

 

77/04

Ascension

1977

airbrush

 

33x33

OAM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1978 + 1979 middle airbrush period - second part

 

 

78/01

Monk

1978

airbrush

 

25x22

OAM

 

78/02

Red Cactus I.

1978

airbrush

 

28x27

OAM

 

78/03

Changing identity

1978

airbrush

 

27x22

OAM

 

78/04

Sentry

1978

airbrush

 

25x20

OAM

 

78/05

Self portrait

1978

airbrush

 

27.5x20

OAM

 

78/06

Zebra chase

1978

airbrush

 

38x58

OAM

 

78/07

Red Cactus II.

1978

airbrush

 

38x58

OAM

 

78/08

Ramsay

1978

airbrush

 

32x29

OAM

 

78/09

Monomania

1978

airbrush

 

32x29

OAM

 

78/10

The critic

1978

airbrush

 

25x22

OAM

 

78/11

Last letters from the wilderness (black face)

1978

hand coloured litho

2/20

55x45

OAM

 

79/01

Walls without clouds

1979

airbrush

 

41x44

OAM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1980 - Eleven original lithos and one airbrush - political awareness

 

 

80/01

There's a storm on the bosses farm

1980

orig. col. litho

A/P

55x42

OAM

 

80/02

Self portrait

1980

orig. col. litho

A/P

55x42

OAM

 

80/03

Unidentified

1980

orig. col. litho

13/100

55x42

OAM

 

80/04

Walls without clouds

1980

orig. col. litho

13/100

55x42

OAM

 

80/05

Apocalypse

1980

orig. col. litho

13/100

55x45.5

OAM

 

80/06

Mandrill

1980

orig. col. litho

13/100

55x42.5

OAM

 

80/07

Messenger

1980

orig. col. litho

13/100

55x42.5

OAM

 

80/08

The grass is greener

1980

orig. col. litho

69/75

42.5x55

OAM

 

80/09

Red fetish

1980

orig. col. litho

13/100

55x42.5

OAM

 

80/10

Premonition of war

1980

orig. col. litho

13/75

55x42-5

OAM

 

80/11

Condemned

1980

orig. col. litho

81/150

50x46

OAM

 

80/12

Red dream cloth

1980

airbrush

 

56x44

OAM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1981 - the later airbrush period, some lithos and sculptures

 

 

81/01

Red lips

1981

orig. col. litho

88/90

55x46

OAM

 

81/02

Cactus garden

1981

orig. col. litho

A/P

61x48.5

OAM

 

81/03

Cactus garden

1981

poster, signed

 

68x48.5

OAM

 

81/04

Pattern I.

1981

pencil/crayon/paper

 

47x46

OAM

 

81/05

Face

1981

lacquered fibreglass sculpture

 

82x38x32

JG

 

81/06

Nude

1981

lacquered fibreglass sculpture

 

82x42x33

JG

 

81/07

Self portrait

1981

airbrush

 

42x35

OAM

 

81/08

Razor tooth

1981

airbrush

 

64x66

OAM

 

81/09

Black ghost

1981

airbrush

 

24.5x20

OAM

 

81/10

Crucifixion

1981

pencil drawing

 

28x25

OAM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1982 - 1983(4) - the end of a great period

 

 

82/01

Spring

1982

orig. col. litho

30/90

51x34

OAM

 

82/02

Cactus man

1982

orig. col. litho

A/P

54.5x45

OAM

 

82/03

Mr Chow

1982

orig. col. litho

28/90

42.5x58.5

OAM

 

82/04

Anthropoid

1982

airbrush

 

44.5x59.5

OAM

 

83/01

Identikit

1983

orig. 30 colour s/screen

21/40

48x57

OAM

 

83/02

African mask

1983

orig. s/screen

A/P 3

25.5x25

OAM

 

84/00

Apocalypse 1982/84

1984

acrylic/canvas

 

93.5x76

OAM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1984 - 1986

 

 

84/01

Bird talk

1984

orig. col. litho

52/90

43x43.5

OAM

 

84/02

Cross pollination

1984

orig. col. litho

52/90

19.5x26.5

OAM

 

84/03

Forbidden fruit

1984

orig. col. litho

54/90

19.5x26.5

OAM

 

84/04

Temptation

1984

orig. col. litho

50/90

53x44.5

OAM

 

84/05

Hooker

1984

pen &airbrush

 

20x17

OAM

 

84/06

Parters in hell

1984

m/media/paper

 

18x16.5

OAM

 

84/07

N.S.E.W.

1984

pen & ink

 

15x23

OAM

 

84/08

Welcome

1984

pencil crayon/gouache

 

30x33-5

OAM

 

84/09

Saw man

1984

acrylic/canvas

 

23x30

OAM

 

84/10

By-pass

1984

acrylic/canvas

 

90x119.5

OAM

 

 

85/01

Sadomasochists

1985

pen & airbrush

 

27.5x34.5

OAM

 

85/02

Skrik

1985

pastel

 

25x24

OAM

 

85/03

Devil's creation

1985

scraperboard

 

51x61

OAM

 

85/04

Last wish

1985

scraperboard

 

51x60

OAM

 

85/05

Collaborator

1985

mixed media painting

 

112x95x14

OAM

 

 

86/01

Self portrait

1986

crayon/pastel

 

61x48

OAM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1987

no works from this period!

 

 

1988 - 1991 - concluding the collection

 

 

88/01

Portfolio 1988: pl. 1 Smoke swivel

1988

drypoint/etching

9/25

25x31.5

OAM

 

88/02

Portfolio 1988: pl. 2 Carnivores

1988

drypoint/etching

9/25

25x31.5

OAM

 

88/03

Portfolio 1988: pl. 3 Dog of war

1988

drypoint/etching

9/25

25x31.5

OAM

 

88/04

Portfolio 1988: pl. 4 Bed

1988

drypoint/etching

9/25

25x29.5

OAM

 

88/05

Portfolio 1988: pl. 5 Policeman and shark

1988

drypoint/etching

9/25

25x30

OAM

 

88/06

Portfolio 1988: pl. 6 Spitting fish

1988

drypoint/etching

9/25

25x30

OAM

 

 

89/01

Offering

1989

airbrush/pen & ink

 

15x15

OAM

 

89/02

Mummy

1989

airbrush/pen & ink

 

20x20

OAM

 

 

90/01

Speak no evil

1990

drypoint etching

20/25

31.5x50

OAM

 

90/02

Catnap

1990

drypoint etching

20x25

35.5x50

OAM

 

 

91/01

Do not disturb

1991

silkscreen

13/45

61x90

OAM

 

91/02

Dog-watch

1991

silkscreen

13/45

88.5x62

OAM

 

91/03

Self portrait

1991

silkscreen

30/35

43x36

OAM

 

91/04

Headman 1991

1991

stone litho

11/25

41x28

OAM

 

91/05

Last remains of another man (centre piece)

1991

wood/metal/canvas/acrylic

 

171x66x24

OAM

 

 


 

Notes

 

The aim in assembling the Norman CATHERINE collection which is part of the PELMAMA PERMANENT ART COLLECTION was to select a few works throughout the artist's early period which would enable one to follow his thought processes and to take note of the artist's social and political comments and projections pertaining to South Africa at the time.

There are certain wilful gaps as it was considered that those missing periods - like the Fook and Memo periods - were either not entirely Norman's own concept or execution as in collaboration with other artists, or that they were detracting from the overall importance of his early oeuvre and in particular his airbrush technique.

 

For comments or interpretations by other authorities, please refer to the archives here!

 

Refer also to the catalogue published by the Oliewenhuis Art Museum in 2007 (5.6 MB)

 


This page last updated 19th January, 2015

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