Important British, Continental and South African Paintings
Live Auction, 1 November 2010
Session Two
Lot Estimate
ZAR 500 000 - 700 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 534 720
About this Item
South African 1862-1945
Laughing Basuto
signed, dated 1936, inscribed 'Joh-n' and bears the foundry mark "G. Massa. Rome"
bronze with deep brown patina and white enamelled eyes and teeth
31,3 by 26 by 20,5cm mounted on a wooden base 5,5 by 27 by 28,5cm
Provenance
Volks Auctioneers Sales Company in association with E. Schweickerdt, Pretoria, 27 October 1972, lot 3, illustrated.
Literature
A.E. Duffey, Anton van Wouw, The Smaller Works, Pretoria, 2008, illustrated on page 74 (illustration of another cast).
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