Evening Sale: Modern and Contemporary Art
Live Virtual Auction, 19 September 2023
Modern and Contemporary Art
Lot Estimate
ZAR 350 000 - 450 000
About this Item
South African 1862-1945
The Mealiepap Eater
signed and inscribed 'SA Joh-burg' and 'Foundry G. Massa Roma'
bronze with a brown patina on a wooden base
height: 14cm excluding base, 16,5cm including base; width: 28cm; depth 26cm
Literature
ML du Toit (1933) Suid Afrikaanse Kunstenaars, Deel 1, Anton van Wouw, Cape Town: Nasionale, another cast from the edition illustrated as number 14.
AE Duffey (1981) Anton van Wouw 1862–1945 en die van Wouwhuis, Pretoria: University of Pretoria, another cast from the edition illustrated on page 45.
AE Duffey (2008) Anton van Wouw: The Smaller Works, Pretoria: Protea Book House, a cast from another edition illustrated on pages 71 to 72.
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