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Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art Part I
Lot Estimate
ZAR 100 000 - 150 000
About this Item
South African 1923-1980
Seun met Boek (Boy with Book - Portrait of Pieter Marincowitz)
signed and dated '48; a copy of the Johannes Meintjes diary entry that refers to the painting adhered to the reverse
oil on wood panel
71 by 53cm excluding frame; 87 by 70 by 6cm including frame
Notes
Johannes Meintjes catalogue number JM 219.
Provenance
Laerskool Sentraal, Bloemfontein.
Exhibited
Oranje-Koffiehuis, Bloemfontein, Johannes Meintjes Exhibition, 30 July to 13 August 1949, catalogue number 21.
Literature
Johannes Meintjes (1948) Dagboek van Johannes Meintjes II, Molteno: Bamboesberg, mentioned in the entry for 4 August 1949 on page 128.
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