Modern and Contemporary Art: Namibian Horizons

Timed Online Auction, 26 April - 8 May 2023

Namibian Horizons
About the Session

Strauss & Co is excited to present a special focus that celebrates Namibian landscape art. The auction presents a rare opportunity for art collectors to own a piece of Namibia's natural beauty through a stunning collection of extraordinary and pristine Namibian landscape paintings and other subjects by Namibian artists. The auction will showcase a diverse range of artworks, including oil paintings, watercolours, and works on paper.

Visitors can view the paintings at a special preview exhibition Monday to Friday, 10 am to 5 pm at the Strauss & Co Cape Town office, Brickfield Canvas, Brickfield Road, Woodstock.


Sold for

ZAR 111 388
Lot 119
  • Jacob Hendrik Pierneef; Okahandja
  • Jacob Hendrik Pierneef; Okahandja
  • Jacob Hendrik Pierneef; Okahandja


Lot Estimate
ZAR 40 000 - 60 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 111 388

About this Item

South African 1886-1957
Okahandja

signed; signed, dated 1937 and inscribed with a dedication by the artist on the reverse

etching on paper
image size: 20,5 by 27cm; sheet size: 28 by 38cm

Exhibited

Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, A Space for Landscape: The Work of JH Pierneef, July to August 2015, another example from the edition illustrated on pages 16 and 131 in the exhibition catalogue.

Literature

JFW Grosskopf (1945) Jan Hendrik Pierneef, Die Man en Sy Werk, Pretoria: Van Schaik, another example from the edition is illustrated, plate number 6.

PG Nel (ed) (1990) JH Pierneef: His Life and His Work, Cape Town and Johannesburg: Perskor, another example from the edition is illustrated on page 115.

Gerard de Kamper and Chris de Klerk (2014) JH Pierneef in Print, Limpopo: Dream Africa, another example from the edition is illustrated on page 93.

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