Modern and Contemporary Art with a focus on The Fairest Cape

Online-Only Auction, 23 - 28 November 2022

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Editions
About the Session

The mouth-watering selection of prints and multiples that are on this current sale should have great appeal, from the collectors of a particular artist, for example Robert Hodgins, to the fledgling collectors looking for a way to enter the art market without having to spend a fortune.   


Sold for

ZAR 37 520
Lot 91
  • Jacob Hendrik Pierneef; Portret van 'n Voortrekker (Nilant 136)
  • Jacob Hendrik Pierneef; Portret van 'n Voortrekker (Nilant 136)
  • Jacob Hendrik Pierneef; Portret van 'n Voortrekker (Nilant 136)


Lot Estimate
ZAR 15 000 - 20 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 37 520

About this Item

South African 1886-1957
Portret van 'n Voortrekker (Nilant 136)

signed and inscribed 'impr' in pencil, with the artist's monogram and name in the plate; inscribed with ''n Leier van die Voortrekker' on the reverse

linocut on paper laid down on board
26 by 19cm excluding frame; 35 by 28 by 3cm including frame

Notes

This image was used as the jacket design for Trekkerswee, by Totius, (Prof JD du Toit), 1915. 

Literature

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. 27. 

F E G Nilant (1974) Pierneef Linosneë, Cape Town: A. A. Balkema, another impression from the edition illustrated in black and white on page 171. 

PG Nel (ed.) (1990) JH Pierneef, His Life and His Work, Cape Town and Johannesburg: Perskor, another impression illustrated on page 182. 

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 191. 

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