Important South African & International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery

Live Auction, 10 October 2016

South African & International Art

Sold for

ZAR 36 378
Lot 399
  • Jacob Hendrik Pierneef; Portret van 'n Voortrekker (Nilant 136)


Lot Estimate
ZAR 20 000 - 30 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 36 378

About this Item

South African 1886-1957
Portret van 'n Voortrekker (Nilant 136)

signed, dated 1915 and inscribed 'impr' in pencil in the margin

linocut
image size: 25 by 18cm

Notes

This image was used as the jacket design for Trekkerswee, by Totius, (Prof JD du Toit), 1915.

Literature

JFW Grosskopf. (1945) Hendrik Pierneef, Die Man en Sy Werk, Pretoria: van Schaik. Plate number 27.

PG Nel (ed,) (1990) Pierneef, His life and his work, Cape Town and Johannesburg: Perskor. Illustrated on page 182.

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