Dr Matthys Johannes Strydom Family Collection, Evening Sale

Live Virtual Auction, 22 November 2022

Dr Matthys Johannes Strydom Family Collection Live Auction
About the Session

Matthys Strydom was a true connoisseur of South African art. As director of the well-known Strydom Gallery in George for more than 30 years, he was responsible for the selection of a wide variety of prime art works from all over the country for the annual exhibitions. The Dr Matthys Johannes Strydom Family Collection offered by Strauss & Co gives collectors and art lovers the chance to become part of this great selection from the art history of our country.


Sold for

ZAR 56 900
Lot 245
  • Jacob Hendrik Pierneef; Selfportret (Self Portrait) (Nilant 124)
  • Jacob Hendrik Pierneef; Selfportret (Self Portrait) (Nilant 124)
  • Jacob Hendrik Pierneef; Selfportret (Self Portrait) (Nilant 124)


Lot Estimate
ZAR 25 000 - 35 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 56 900

About this Item

South African 1886-1957
Selfportret (Self Portrait) (Nilant 124)

signed in pencil in the image

linocut laid down on paper
image size: 18 by 16cm; 51 by 46,5 by 2,5cm including frame

Provenance

Gregoire Boonzaier Collection.

Dr Matthys Johannes Strydom Family Collection.

Literature

F E G Nilant (1974) Pierneef Linoseë, Cape Town: A. A. Balkema, another impression from the edition illustrated in black and white on page 159.

Gerard de Kamper and Chris de Klerk (2014)J H Pierneef in Print, Bela-Bela: Dream Africa, another impression from the edition illustrated in black and white on page iv. 

J F W Grosskopf (1945) Hendrik Pierneef: Die Man en Sy Werk, Pretoria: J L van Schaik, Bpk, another impression from the edition illustrated in black and white, unpaginated, cat. no. 49

Margaret Vorster (1986) Jacob Hendrik Pierneef (1886-1957) As Printmakers, Johannesburg: Johannesburg Art Gallery, another impression from the edition illustrated in black and white on the front and the back covers. 

P G Nel (ed) (1990) J H Pierneef: His Life and His Work, Cape Town: Perskor Publishers, another impression from the edition illustrated in black and white on page 36.

Esmé Berman (1996) Art and Artists of South Africa: an illustrated Biographical Dictionary and Historical Survey of Painters & Graphic Artists since 1875, Cape Town: A A Balkema, another impression illustrated in black and white on page 140.

Matthys Strydom (2021) Nog Stories Teen My Muur, George: LW Hiemstra Trust, another impression from the edition illustrated in colour on page 17.

Wilhelm van Rensburg (2015) A Space for Landscape: The Work of J H Pierneef, exhibition catalogue, Johannesburg: Standard Bank, another impression from the edition illustrated in black and white on page 146. 

 

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