Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Silver and Jewellery

Online-Only Auction, 14 - 21 February 2022

Works on Paper
  • Willem Hermanus Coetzer; Groot Trek Scene, tapestry study
  • Willem Hermanus Coetzer; Groot Trek Scene, tapestry study
  • Willem Hermanus Coetzer; Groot Trek Scene, tapestry study
  • Willem Hermanus Coetzer; Groot Trek Scene, tapestry study
  • Willem Hermanus Coetzer; Groot Trek Scene, tapestry study
  • Willem Hermanus Coetzer; Groot Trek Scene, tapestry study


Lot Estimate
ZAR 3 000 - 5 000

About this Item

South African 1900-1983
Groot Trek Scene, tapestry study

signed and inscribed with a dedication 'Aan Hester"; inscribed with 'Tekening van Tapisserie No. 15 Voorstelling van Groot Trek se Moeilikhede' on a label adhered to the reverse

conté on paper
25 by 24cm excluding frame; 45 by 41 by 1,5cm including frame

Notes

The artist WH Coetzer designed a series of 15 tapestries on the subject of the Great Trek for the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria. It took nine women, members of the ATKV, eight years to complete stitching the series. The scenes foreground the role of women in the Trek

For an image of the completed tapestry No. 15, see https://visitstothepark.wordpress.com/2012/09/03/the-famous-tapestry-in-the-voortrekker-monument/

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