Important South African Art

Live Auction, 16 May 2011

Session Two
  • Jacob Hendrik Pierneef; Mozambique


Lot Estimate
ZAR 400 000 - 600 000

About this Item

South African 1886-1957
Mozambique

signed and dated 26, inscribed with the title and dated 'March 1926'

oil over pencil on canvas laid down on board
43,5 by 58,5cm excluding frame

Notes

In 1925 Pierneef together with his wife toured Europe for nine months. They left Europe on a freighter on the 12th January 1926 sailing via Port Said down the east coast.

"They were the only two passengers on board and, since the ship had to spend from between two and six days at every port, Pierneef was often able to go out and paint the countryside to his heart's content" P.G. Nel (editor) J.H Pierneef His Life and His Work, Cape Town, 1990, page 67.

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