South African Art, Jewellery and Decorative Arts
Live Auction, 8 October 2012
Session 3
Lot Estimate
ZAR 25 000 - 40 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 35 648
About this Item
South African 1802-1887
Howieson's Poort
signed
oil and gouache on cardboard
20 by 37,5cm excluding frame
Provenance
Purchased in 1876 from the artist by the Reverend Joseph Whiteside. Lorna Slater (1882) notes that the Rev. Whiteside met the artist possibly in Kimberley in 1876. It was apparent that he was in financial difficulty and the Methodist priest bought a number of paintings from him.
Exhibited
King George VI Art Gallery, Port Elizabeth, Frederick I'Ons Retrospective Exhibition, 1990
Literature
Lucy Alexander, Frederick I'Ons Retrospective Exhibition, King George VI Art Gallery, Port Elizabeth, 1990, page 27
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