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Online-Only Auction, 4 - 16 March 2020

Prints, Multiples and Works on Paper

Sold for

ZAR 30 485
Lot 95
  • Jacob Hendrik Pierneef; Meerlust Wynkelders (Nilant 2)
  • Jacob Hendrik Pierneef; Meerlust Wynkelders (Nilant 2)
  • Jacob Hendrik Pierneef; Meerlust Wynkelders (Nilant 2)
  • Jacob Hendrik Pierneef; Meerlust Wynkelders (Nilant 2)
  • Jacob Hendrik Pierneef; Meerlust Wynkelders (Nilant 2)
  • Jacob Hendrik Pierneef; Meerlust Wynkelders (Nilant 2)


Lot Estimate
ZAR 10 000 - 15 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 30 485

About this Item

South African 1886-1957
Meerlust Wynkelders (Nilant 2)
1925

signed in pencil in the margin and inscribed with a 'P.' in a circle in the bottom left of the plate

linocut
image size: 37,5 by 50,5cm; 61 by 71cm with mount, unframed

Notes

"Gesig vanuit die suidweste op 'n stil binnestraatjie, met die laat agtermiddag sonlig van links, wat daar swaar skaduwees gooi teen die helder verligte wit mure regs. Die verlatenheid en die roerlose bome op die agtergrond verstrek die gevoel van stilte. Regs loop die klipbestrating oor in grond wat met breë lyne weergegee is. Veral die krulle laat die mure oud lyk. Die verweerde paal van die afdakkie lyk of dit van hout kan wees. Die versplintering van die wit hemelvlak is minder geslaagd..."1

(View from the southwest on a quiet inner street, with the late afternoon sunlight from the left, casting heavy shadows against the brightly lit white walls to the right. The desolation and the motionless trees in the background give the feeling of silence. To the right, the stone pavement overflows into soil depicted with broad lines. Especially the curls make the walls look old. The weathered pole of the canopy looks like it may be of wood. The splintering of the white sky is less successful ...)

1. FEG Nilant (1974). Die Hout- en Linosneë van JH Pierneef, Cape Town: AA Balkema. Page 32.

Literature

FEG Nilant (1974). Die Hout- en Linosneë van JH Pierneef, Cape Town: AA Balkema. Illustrated on page 32.

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