South African and International Art

Live Auction, 20 May 2013

Day Sale
  • Anton van Wouw; Miner with Hand-drill, maquette


Lot Estimate
ZAR 60 000 - 90 000
Location
Johannesburg
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About this Item

South African 1862-1945
Miner with Hand-drill, maquette

cast with the artist's initials, numbered 2/12 and stamped with the Morris Singer, London foundry mark

bronze
height: 27cm, excluding base; mounted on a marble base

Notes

The original plaster of Paris model of this work was acquired from the artist by Mrs S. Dowling in 1928. On 31 October 1975 it was offered at auction by Sotheby Parke Bernet South Africa, in Johannesburg (lot 81) where it was acquired by Mr Morris Cohen. In 1982, Mr Cohen was granted permission by the University of Pretoria, the copyright holders of Van Wouw's work, to have 12 bronze casts made of which this is one.

cf. Duffey, A.E. Anton van Wouw: The Smaller Works. Protea Book House, Pretoria, 2008, another cast from the edition illustrated on page 92

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