Important South African and International Art
Live Auction, 5 June 2017
Evening Sale
Lot Estimate
ZAR 500 000 - 700 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 1 250 480
About this Item
South African 1886-1957
Storm over the Lowveld
signed and dated 42
oil on board
44,5 by 60cm excluding frame
Notes
The many sketches of clouds in the South African National Archives in Pretoria, and the significant number of oils featuring clouds beyond the landscape, attest tp Pierneef's fascination of this subject matter. The present lot depicts one such typical cumulonimbus cloud formation hovering over a flattened, wintery lowveld landscape with a shadowed foreground, and a slim line of deep blue mountains on the horizon that dramatically contrast with the reflecting sunlight. A similar work, Wolke, from 1952, forms part of the Pierneef collection in the La Motte Museum, Franschoek.
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