Johannesburg Auction Week

Live Virtual Auction, 16 - 17 May 2022

Evening Sale

Sold for

ZAR 284 500
Lot 230
  • Pieter Wenning; Buildings with Devil's Peak in the Background, Mowbray
  • Pieter Wenning; Buildings with Devil's Peak in the Background, Mowbray
  • Pieter Wenning; Buildings with Devil's Peak in the Background, Mowbray
  • Pieter Wenning; Buildings with Devil's Peak in the Background, Mowbray
  • Pieter Wenning; Buildings with Devil's Peak in the Background, Mowbray


Lot Estimate
ZAR 250 000 - 350 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 284 500

About this Item

South African 1873-1921
Buildings with Devil's Peak in the Background, Mowbray

signed

oil on canvas
37 by 47,5cm excluding frame; 60 by 70 by 3,5cm including frame

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the current owner's grandfather.

Exhibited

Pretoria Art Museum, Pieter Wenning (1873–1921): Commemorative Exhibition, 15 March to 9 April 1967.

South African National Gallery, Cape Town, Pieter Wenning, centenary exhibition, September 1973.

Literature

Pretoria Art Museum (1967) Pieter Wenning (1873– 1921): Commemorative Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, Pretoria: PAM, illustrated in black and white with title Landscape with Village Scene, n.p.

J du P Scholtz (1973) DC Boonzaier en Pieter Wenning: Verslag van 'n Vriendskap, Cape Town: Tafelberg, illustrated as plate 103.

Esmé Berman (1983) Art & Artists of South Africa, Cape Town: AA Balkema, illustrated in black and white with title Landscape with Village Scene on page 499.

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