Important South African Art, Furniture, Silver and Ceramics

Live Auction, 26 September 2011

Furniture, Silver, Ceramics and Paintings Day Sale

Sold for

ZAR 53 472
Lot 166
  • Jacob Hendrik Pierneef; Hoenderhok, Meerlust (Nilant 3)


Lot Estimate
ZAR 18 000 - 24 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 53 472

About this Item

South African 1886-1957
Hoenderhok, Meerlust (Nilant 3)

signed in pencil in the margin

woodcut
image size: 27 by 26cm

Notes

A drawing of the same subject is in the State Archives, Pretoria, no A941-1682

Dated 1932 by Schweikerdt

This image was selected for the cover of the brochure for the Architectural Section of the Empire Exhibition, held for the first time in South Africa in 1936. It was opened by the Governor General, Lord Clarendon, and brought together people, objects and ideas from across South Africa and the British Empire. Johannesburg was chosen as the host city as 1936 marked the celebration of its Golden Jubilee.

Literature

Stephan Welz, Art at Auction in South Africa 1969-1989, Donker, Johannesburg, 1989, page 196, illustrated.

Margaret Vorster, Jacob Hendrik Pierneef (1886-1957) as Printmaker, 1986, page 13, catalogue number 15.

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