Modern and Contemporary Art
Timed Online Auction, 6 - 13 March 2023
Celebrating Colour
About the SessionThis session includes a selection of works on paper, prints and multiples and paintings that celebrates the use of colour in modern and contemporary art.
Lot Estimate
ZAR 90 000 - 120 000
About this Item
South African 1923-1980
Die Mes (The Knife)
signed and dated 45
oil on canvas laid down on board
50 by 39,5cm excluding frame; 68 by 57,5 by 4,5cm including frame
Provenance
Dr Piet van Straaten, Stellenbosch.
Private Collection.
Literature
Dagboek van Johannes Meintjes, Deel I, Feb 1941 - Feb 1947. (1961) Molteno: Bamboesberg-Uitgewers. Page 185, cat. no. JM 104.
Kobus Opperman (2007) Johannes Meintjes 1923-1980, Artist, Author, Historian, unpublished essay, illustrated in colour.