Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art
Online-Only Auction, 18 - 25 July 2022
Portfolios and Sculpture
Lot Estimate
ZAR 20 000 - 30 000
About this Item
After Anton van Wouw
South African 20th Century
The Execution of Jopie Fourie
bronze
16 by 40cm excluding frame; 23,5 by 47 by 2,5cm including frame
Notes
Jopie Fourie was executed in Pretoria Central Prison on 20 December 1914. Van Wouw's depiction of the scene, first cast from 1918, was made using photographs and descriptions from the Reverend CA Neethling (who is standing to the right of the three observing officers).
The present lot is one of the five that were cast in 1970. Another edition, along with the original plaster cast, is at the Pretoria Art Museum.
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