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Live Virtual Auction, 11 - 13 April 2021

19th Century, Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art

Sold for

ZAR 284 500
Lot 560
  • Thomas Bowler; Port Elizabeth
  • Thomas Bowler; Port Elizabeth
  • Thomas Bowler; Port Elizabeth


Lot Estimate
ZAR 150 000 - 200 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 284 500

About this Item

South African 1812-1869
Port Elizabeth
circa 1861
oil on canvas laid down on board
40 by 63cm excluding frame; 47 by 70 by 3,5cm including frame

Notes

This painting has been authenticated by Mr Frank Bradlow.

Provenance

Sotheby Parke Bernet South Africa (Pty) Ltd, 25 September 1973, lot 212.

Metropolitan Life.

Exhibited

Lorimer Hall, King George VI Art Gallery, Port Elizabeth, The Art of Thomas Bowler 1812-1869, 1 December 1986 to 11 January 1987, catalogue number 29.

Literature

Eastern Province Herald, 4 December 1986.

The Evening Post, 5 December 1986.

Frank Bradlow (1967) Thomas Bowler: His Life and Work, Cape Town: A A Balkema, a similar example illustrated in black and white on page 277, catalogue number LP31.

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