Modern and Contemporary Art
Timed Online Auction, 4 - 14 August 2023
Impression/Expression
Lot Estimate
ZAR 15 000 - 20 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 25 795
About this Item
South African 1862-1945
The Execution of Jopie Fourie
cast posthumously
bronze
16 by 40cm excluding frame; 23,5 by 47 by 2,5cm including frame
Notes
Jopie Fourie was executed in Pretoria Central Prison on 20 December 1914. Van Wouw's depiction of the scene, first cast from 1918, was made using photographs and descriptions from the Reverend CA Neethling (who is standing to the right of the three observing officers). The present lot is one of the five that were cast in 1970. Another edition, along with the original plaster cast, is at the Pretoria Art Museum.
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