Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by Emil Schweikherdt I.

Schweikherdt Family Collection.

Acquired from the above by the current owner.

Exhibited

Rembrandt van Rijn Art Foundation, Pierneef/Van Wouw: Paintings and Sculptures by Two South African Masters, Rembrandt Art Centre, Johannesburg (April 1980); Johannesburg Art Gallery (May 1980); Pretoria Art Museum (June 1980); Durban Art Gallery (August); William Humphries Art Gallery, Kimberly (October 1980); King George VI Art Gallery, Port Elizabeth (November – December 1980); South African National Gallery, Cape Town (January – March 1981).

Literature

PG Nel (ed) (1990) JH Pierneef: His Life and His Work, Cape Town and Johannesburg: Perskor. Illustrated in colour on page 215.

Nico Roos (1978) Art in South West Africa, Pretoria: JP van der Walt, illustrated in colour on page 195.