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Online-Only Auction, 18 - 25 October 2021

Prints and Multiples

Sold for

ZAR 29 313
Lot 458
  • Jacob Hendrik Pierneef; Ex Libris H C Swift (Nilant 158)
  • Jacob Hendrik Pierneef; Ex Libris H C Swift (Nilant 158)
  • Jacob Hendrik Pierneef; Ex Libris H C Swift (Nilant 158)
  • Jacob Hendrik Pierneef; Ex Libris H C Swift (Nilant 158)


Lot Estimate
ZAR 20 000 - 30 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 29 313

About this Item

South African 1886-1957
Ex Libris H C Swift (Nilant 158)

signed and inscribed 'design' in pencil in the margin

linocut
25 by 18cm, unframed

Notes

'Harold Swift (1920–?) was a mechanical engineer and book collector who came to South Africa from England in 1951.' – Gerard de Kamper and Chris de Klerk (2014)

Literature

Nilant, FEG (1974) Pierneef Linoseë, Cape Town: A A Balkema, another example from the edition illustrated in black and white on page 192, catalogue number 158.

Gerard de Kamper and Chris de Klerk (2014) JH Pierneef in Print, Bela Bela: Dream Africa, another example from the edition illustrated in black and white on page 224 with the title HC Swift.

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