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 62 590
Lot 246
  • Jacob Hendrik Pierneef; Groot Constantia (Nilant 22)
  • Jacob Hendrik Pierneef; Groot Constantia (Nilant 22)
  • Jacob Hendrik Pierneef; Groot Constantia (Nilant 22)


Lot Estimate
ZAR 25 000 - 35 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 62 590

About this Item

South African 1886-1957
Groot Constantia (Nilant 22)

signed, dated 1927, numbered 21/50 and inscribed 'impr' in pencil in the margin

linocut on tissue paper
image size: 15 by 22cm; sheet size: 18 by 25cm; 35 by 41 by 1,5cm including frame

Provenance

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 52.

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 7.

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. 33.

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