Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Silver and Jewellery
Online-Only Auction, 14 - 21 February 2022
Works on Paper
Lot Estimate
ZAR 3 000 - 5 000
About this Item
South African 1900-1983
Groot Trek Scene, tapestry study
signed and inscribed with a dedication 'Aan Hester"; inscribed with 'Tekening van Tapisserie No. 15 Voorstelling van Groot Trek se Moeilikhede' on a label adhered to the reverse
conté on paper
25 by 24cm excluding frame; 45 by 41 by 1,5cm including frame
Notes
The artist WH Coetzer designed a series of 15 tapestries on the subject of the Great Trek for the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria. It took nine women, members of the ATKV, eight years to complete stitching the series. The scenes foreground the role of women in the Trek
For an image of the completed tapestry No. 15, see https://visitstothepark.wordpress.com/2012/09/03/the-famous-tapestry-in-the-voortrekker-monument/
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