Gerard de Leeuw
Manie Strydom
About this Item
South African 1912-1985
Manie Strydom
signed
bronze with a black patina, on a wooden base
height: 31cm excluding base, 37cm including base; width: 18,5cm; depth: 23cm
Provenance
The Professor Leon Strydom Collection.
Strauss & Co, The Professor Leon Strydom Collection and Sixty Years of Collecting Linn Ware, The David Hall Collection, Cape Town, 10 August 2021, lot 241.
Literature
Matthys Strydom (1979) Gerhard de Leeuw, George: Suidkaap-Uitgewery, illustrated on pages 74 and 75.
Notes
Gerard De Leeuw was commissioned by Matthys Strydom to sculpt this portrait of his father, Manie Strydom. Two editions were cast, of which this one was owned by Professor Leon Strydom. The current owner bought it from The Professor Leon Strydom Collection auction by Strauss & Co in 2021.
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