Important South African & International Art, Furniture, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 17 March 2014
Important South African and International Art - Evening Session
Lot Estimate
ZAR 150 000 - 200 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 363 776
About this Item
South African 1912-1985
Die Reënlopers
executed in 1975
signed
bronze with dark brown patina, mounted on a painted wooden base
height: 47cm, excluding base; base 4cm
Exhibited
cf. University of Johannesburg Art Gallery and Sanlam Art Gallery, Gerard de Leeuw: A Centenary Exhibition, 2012. Another cast from the edition illustrated on page 31 of the exhibition catalogue.
Literature
cf. Strydom, Matthys. (1979) Gerard de Leeuw, George: Suidkaap-uitgewery. Another cast from the edition illustrated on page 17.
Minnaar, Melvyn. (2012) 'De Leeuw se krag was in eie visie', Die Burger, Monday 3 September. Page 6:
'Die Reënlopers ... uit die jare sewentig, het ‘n onpretensieuse liriese kwaliteit.'
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