Important South African & International Art, Jewellery and Decorative Arts
Live Auction, 12 October 2015
South African and International Art, Day Sale
Lot Estimate
ZAR 40 000 - 60 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 47 746
About this Item
South African 1923-1980
Self Portrait
signed and dated 1941
charcoal
38 by 26cm excluding frame
Provenance
Johannes Meintjes’ private collection. Purchased from his widow by the current owner in 1990.
Exhibited
ID Bookseller, Cape Town, 15 to 27 March,1948, catalogue number 9
RAU Gencor Gallery, Johannesburg, Prestige Memorial Exhibition, Homage to Johannes Meintjes, 7 June to 6 July, 1990;
SA Art Society, Pretoria, Prestige Memorial Exhibition, Homage to Johannes Meintjes and Alexis Preller, 2 to 23 August, 1990;
Stellenbosch University Museum (Sasol Art Museum) Stellenbosch, Johannes Meintjes Memorial Exhibition: Artist Author Historian, 14 July to 28 August, 2010, catalogue number 3.
[http://www.johannes-meintjes.co.za/downloads/johannes_meintjes_catalogue_sasol_art_museum_2010.pdf]
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