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
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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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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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| 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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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!