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

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1970 + 1971 - the early pre-airbrush period

THF Title Year Medium Ed.   cm OAM
70/01 Clash 1970 linocut proof    22X41 x
70/02 Flight 1970 linocut 5/25   38x39 x
70/03 Jailbird 1970 s/screen/paper 25/35   57x57 x
70/04 Conductor 1970 s/screen/paper 16/35   38x36 x
71/01 Evolution 1971 s/screen/paper 9/20   36x31 x
71/02 Pearl diver 1971 s/screen/paper 6/30   27x28.5 x
71/03 Aquatile 1971 s/screen/paper 7/24   25x32 x
71/04 Visitation 1971 s/screen/paper 11/24   27x35 x
71/05 Clovenhoof 1971 s/screen/paper 7/25   37x25 x
71/06 Rainmaker 1971 s/screen/paper 19/25   36x27 x
71/07 Black queen 1971 s/screen/paper 13/25   39x31 x

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1972 - the first airbrush works

72/01 Composition  1972 hand coloured litho n.n.   11.5x11.5 x
72/02 Geometrical I. 1972 airbrush     17x16 x
72/03 Symbols 1972 airbrush     23x32 x
72/04 Night call 1972 airbrush     21x21 x
72/05 Unknown soldier 1972 airbrush   WD 19x20 -
72/06 Cartoon tragedy I. 1972 airbrush     16x16 x
72/07 Cartoon tragedy II. 1972 airbrush     16x16 x
72/08 Fertility 1972 airbrush     20x23 x
72/09 Looking back 1972 airbrush     20x23 x
72/10 Head 1972 airbrush     20x22 x

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1973

no works from this period!

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1974 - early important airbrush works and pen & ink drawings

74/01 Bushbuck ridge 1974 airbrush     66x65 x
74/02 Me, frontview after looking at zebra 1974 pen & ink     18x14 x
74/03 Me, backview 1.10 a.m. 1974 pen & ink     18x14 x
74/04 2.05 a.m. after looking at me 1974 pen & ink     18x14 x
74/05 Bushbuckridge at sundown 1974 pen & ink     37x37 x
74/06 Bird of prey and the native recruiting company 1974 pen & ink     37x37 x
74/07 First movement in jigstep toward the truth 1974 pen & ink     34x31 x
74/08 Second wareness in jigstep towards evolutionary being 1974 pen & ink     34x31 x
74/09 Bushman series II/V  (Queen complete) 1974 airbrush     78x52 x
74/10 Bushman series III/V (Remembrance of things to come) 1974 airbrush     86x66 x

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

75/01 Seated figure on red brick wall 1975 airbrush     83x64 x
75/02 Fish and red ball 1975 airbrush     44x29 x
75/03 Urban activities 1975 airbrush     79x66 x
75/04 Self confessed 1975 airbrush     74x59 x
75/05 Self portrait 1975 orig. col. litho 63/90   64x45 x
76/01 Discrimination 1976 airbrush     54.5x43 x
76/02 Memorial 1976 airbrush     87x58 x
76/03 Water can 1976 airbrush     50x66 x
76/04 Genesis 1976 airbrush     23x35 x
76/05 Times of change 1976 airbrush     24x34 x
76/06 Tearing female sentry 1976 airbrush     33x24 x
76/07 From where to where 1976 airbrush     34x24 x
76/08 Metamorphosis I. & II. 1976 airbrush   ea. 22x17 x
76/09 Sausage entry 1976 airbrush     29x38 x
76/10 Fate's choice 1976 airbrush     39x28 x
76/11 Slide 1976 airbrush     65x94 x
77/01 Just thin layers 1977 airbrush     89x64 x
77/02 Zootomy 1977 airbrush     62x92 x
77/03 Last letters from the wilderness 1977 airbrush     56x56 x
77/04 Ascension 1977 airbrush     33x33 x

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1978 + 1979 middle airbrush period - second part

78/01 Monk 1978 airbrush     25x22 x
78/02 Red Cactus I. 1978 airbrush     28x27 x
78/03 Changing identity 1978 airbrush     27x22 x
78/04 Sentry 1978 airbrush     25x20 x
78/05 Self portrait 1978 airbrush     27.5x20 x
78/06 Zebra chase 1978 airbrush     38x58 x
78/07 Red cactus II. 1978 airbrush     38x58 x
78/08 Ramsay 1978 airbrush     32x29 x
78/09 Monomania 1978 airbrush     32x29 x
78/10 The critic 1978 airbrush     25x22 x
78/11 Last letters from the wilderness (black face) 1978 hand coloured litho 2/20   55x45 x
79/01 Walls without clouds 1979 airbrush     41x44 x

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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 x
80/02 Self portrait 1980 orig. col. litho A/P   55x42 x
80/03 Unidentified 1980 orig. col. litho 13/100   55x42 x
80/04 Walls without clouds 1980 orig. col. litho 13/100   55x42 x
80/05 Apocalypse 1980 orig. col. litho 13/100   55x45.5 x
80/06 Mandrill 1980 orig. col. litho 13/100   55x42.5 x
80/07 Messenger 1980 orig. col. litho 13/100   55x42.5 x
80/08 The grass is greener 1980 orig. col. litho 69/75   42.5x55 x
80/09 Red fetish 1980 orig. col. litho 13/100   55x42.5 x
80/10 Premonition of war 1980 orig. col. litho 13/75   55x42.5 x
80/11 Condemned 1980 orig. col. litho 81/150   50x46 x
80/12 Red dream cloth 1980 airbrush     56x44 x

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1981 - the later airbrush period, some lithos and sculptures

81/01 Red lips 1981 orig. col. litho 88/90   55x46 x
81/02 Cactus garden 1981 orig. col. litho A/P   61x48.5 x
81/03 Cactus garden 1981 poster, signed     68x48.5 x
81/04 Pattern I. 1981 pencil/crayon/paper     47x46 x
81/05 Face 1981 lacquered fibreglass sculpture JG 82x38x32 -
81/06 Nude 1981 lacquered fibreglass sculpture JG 82x42x33 -
81/07 Self portrait 1981 airbrush     42x35 x
81/08 Razor tooth 1981 airbrush     64x66 x
81/09 Black ghost 1981 airbrush     24.5x20 x
81/10 Crucifixion 1981 pencil drawing     28x25 x

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

82/01 Spring 1982 orig. col. litho 30/90   51x34 x
82/02 Cactus man 1982 orig. col. litho A/P   54.5x45 x
82/03 Mr Chow 1982 orig. col. litho 28/90   42.5x58.5 x
82/04 Anthropoid 1982 airbrush     44.5x59.5 x
83/01 Identikit 1983 orig. 30 colour s/s 21/40   48x57 x
83/02 African mask 1983 orig. s/screen A/P 3   25.5x25 x
84/00 Apocalypse 1982/84 1984 acrylic/canvas     93.5x76 x

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1984 - 1986

84/01 Bird talk 1984 orig. col. litho 52/90   43x43.5 x
84/02 Cross pollination 1984 orig. col. litho 52/90   19.5x26.5 x
84/03 Forbidden fruit 1984 orig. col. litho 54/90   19.5x26.5 x
84/04 Temptation 1984 orig. col. litho 50/90   53x44.5 x
84/05 Hooker 1984 pen & airbrush     20x17 x
84/06 Partners in hell 1984 m/med./paper     18x16.5 x
84/07 N.S.E.W. 1984 pen & ink   NI 15x23 x
84/08 Welcome 1984 pencil crayon/gouache     30x33.5 x
84/09 Saw man 1984 acrylic/canvas   BS 23x30 -
84/10 By-pass 1984 acrylic/canvas     90x119.5 x

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85/01 Sadomosachists 1985 pen & airbrush     27.5x34.5 x
85/02 Skrik 1985 pastel     25x24 x
85/03 Devil's creation 1985 scraperboard     51x61 x
84/04 Last wish 1985 scraperboard     51x60 x
85/05 Collaborator 1985 mixed media painting     112x95x14 x

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86/01 Self portrait 1986 crayon/pastel     61x48 x

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1987

no works from this period!

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1988 - 1991 - concluding the collection

88/01 Portfolio 1988: pl. 1  Smoke swivel 1988 drypoint etching 9/25   25x31.5 x
88/02 Portfolio 1988: pl. 2  Carnivores 1988 drypoint etching 9/25   25x31.5 x
88/03 Portfolio 1988: pl. 3  Dog of war 1988 drypoint etching 9/25   25x31.5 x
88/04 Portfolio 1988: pl. 4  Bed 1988 drypoint etching 9/25   25x29.5 x
88/05 Portfolio 1988: pl. 5  Policeman and shark 1988 drypoint etching 9/25   25x30 x
88/06 Portfolio 1988: pl. 6  Spitting fish 1988 drypoint etching 9/25   25x30 x

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89/01 Offering 1989 airbrush/pen & ink     15x15 x
89/02 Mummy 1989 airbrush/pen & ink     20x20 x

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90/01 Speak no evil 1990 drypoint etching 20/25   31.5x50 x
90/02 Catnap 1990 drypoint etching 20/25   35.5x50 x

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91/01 Do not disturb 1991 silkscreen 13/45   61x90 x
91/02 Dog-watch 1991 silkscreen 13/45   88.5x62 x
91/03 Self portrait 1991 silkscreen 30/35   43x36 x
91/04 Headman 1991 1991 stone litho 11/25   41x28 x
91/05 Last remains of another man (centre piece) 1991 wood/metal/canvas/acrylic   171x66x24 x
 

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!

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