Zakkie Eloff
Stapelwolke, Volstruise en Rooibokke
Lot Estimate
ZAR 70 000 - 100 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 70 350
Auction Catalogue
About this Item
South African 1925-2004
Stapelwolke, Volstruise en Rooibokke
signed
oil on canvas
148,5 by 148,5cm excluding frame; 169 by 169 by 6cm including frame
Notes
Zakkie remembers a hot summer's afternoon spent watching the clouds from the little balcony of Pierneef's studio. Together they marvelled at the cumulous formations building up on the horizon, the elder man pointing out the dramatic shadows and fleeting moments of reflecting light. Towards the end of the afternoon, Zakkie said: 'Oom Henk, will you teach me how to paint clouds?', to which Pierneef replied placidly: 'But Zakkie, I have been showing you all afternoon. You must look and look and look …'
- Angela van Rooyen
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