July ART
Timed Online Auction, 28 June - 8 July 2024
Impression/Expression
Lot Estimate
ZAR 7 000 - 10 000
Location
Johannesburg
About this Item
South African 1867-1944
Studie van Ou Vrou en Hand (Study of Old Woman and Hand)
authenticated by the artist's brother-in-law on the reverse; inscribed with the artist's name and the title on a Pretoria Art Museum label adhered to the reverse
charcoal on paper
91 by 61,5cm excluding frame; 91,5 by 62,5 by 2,5cm including frame
Notes
This drawing is a study for the painting Oorlog by Frans Oerder.
The reverse of the work is inscribed in Dutch "Dit is het werk van mijn swager Frans Oerder" and signed by AJ Graafland-Pitlo, who was married to Maria Catharina Graafland, Oerder's wife Gerda's sister.
Literature
Die Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (2017) Frans Oerder Kunswerkkatalogus, Pretoria: SAAWK, illustrated in black and white on page 121 as Fig. 403.