Nelson Mandela Foundation

Irma  Stern

Arab in Black by Irma Stern

 

This Irma Stern painting was found in a London kitchen being used as a notice board. The painting was donated by Betty Suzman, family of Helen Suzman, to a charity auction in the late 1950s to raise funds for the trial of, among others, Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu and Oliver Tambo, who were on trial for high treason.

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