Modern and Contemporary Art with a focus on The Fairest Cape
Online-Only Auction, 23 - 28 November 2022
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The Fairest Cape
About the SessionThe Cape Peninsula has been given many names throughout history. In 1488 Vasco da Gama named it the Cape of Storms and Prince Henry the Navigator gave it the name Cape of Good Hope. But it was the English Admiral, Sir Francis Drake, who gave this south-western most point of Africa the most appropriate name when he declared in 1579, “This Cape is a most stately thing, and the fairest Cape we saw in the whole circumference of the earth”.
These words still ring true today. The November auction has a large body of work devoted to this exceptional part of the world.
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About this Item
signed
Notes
Nestled between wild-fig and pine trees, Leeuwenhof Estate is located in the Gardens area of Cape Town with Table Mountain as its backdrop. The origin of the estate predates to the time of Dutch Colonial rule, and has been in the possession of many proprietors. It is currently held by the provincial government where it is preserved as a National Monument.1
1. https://www.sahistory.org.za/place/leeuwenhof-official-residence-premier-cape-town
Provenance
Sandton Auctioneers, 1990.
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