{"id":18009,"date":"2013-02-13T07:37:31","date_gmt":"2013-02-13T05:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/no-gain-for-tretchikoffs-sa-subject\/"},"modified":"2013-02-13T07:37:31","modified_gmt":"2013-02-13T05:37:31","slug":"no-gain-for-tretchikoffs-sa-subject","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/no-gain-for-tretchikoffs-sa-subject\/","title":{"rendered":"No gain for Tretchikoff\u2019s SA subject"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Chinese Girl (popularly known as ‘The Green Lady’) by artist Vladimir Tretchikoff was one of the most popular paintings of the 20th Century.<\/p>\n

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Tretchikoff\u2019s Green Lady is set to be auctioned off for millions next month, but the woman who inspired the portrait says she gained nothing from the painting\u2019s popularity. <\/p>\n

This is according to the UK newspaper The Guardian. <\/p>\n

Vladimir Tretchikoff painted South African Monika Pon while she was working at her uncle\u2019s laundromat in Cape Town during the 1950s. She was 17 at the time. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I met him, I got on with him very well. He was a nice person,\u201d Pon said of Tretchikoff. <\/p>\n

The original painting, one of the most reproduced fine art prints in the world, will be exhibited for four days in New York and for three days in Joburg before it goes under the hammer at Bonhams in London on March 20. <\/p>\n

It is expected to sell for between \u00a3300 000 (R4.1 million) and \u00a3500 000. <\/p>\n

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Monika Pon, featured in Vladimir Tretchikoff’s The Chinese Girl (popularly known as ‘The Green Lady’), made no money from its enormous popularity.<\/p>\n

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But Pon, who was revealed as the \u201creal\u201d girl in the painting in 2011, told The Guardian that Tretchikoff paid her just \u00a36 to sit for him for six weeks. <\/p>\n

She was quoted as saying: \u201cI was so stupid, so young. What did I know about business? <\/p>\n

\u201cHe said: \u2018I\u2019m Tretchikoff\u2019, and I had heard of him, I knew who he was. He said: \u2018I would like to paint you.\u2019 I was nervous, but the look in his eyes told me I could not say no.\u201d <\/p>\n

She said that she had told Tretchikoff the green hue in the painting made her look ill, and that she objected to it being called the Green Lady. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no such thing as the \u2018Green Lady\u2019. They made a mistake. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere is going to be an auction, and I think the name should be right. People say the \u2018Green Lady\u2019 or the \u2018Blue Lady\u2019, but they should get it right.\u201d <\/p>\n

The painting is also known as the \u201cChinese Girl\u201d. <\/p>\n

The mother of five is aged 80 and lives in Joburg. <\/p>\n

\u201cI do not mind where the painting goes, although I would prefer it to be in a museum,\u201d she said. \u201cSouth Africa would be nice. I have three daughters, and one of them said that, if she had the money, she would buy it.\u201d – The Mercury <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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