November ART

Timed Online Auction, 15 November - 2 December 2024

Paintings
  • Johannes Meintjes; Seun met Boek (Boy with Book - Portrait of Pieter Marincowitz)
  • Johannes Meintjes; Seun met Boek (Boy with Book - Portrait of Pieter Marincowitz)
  • Johannes Meintjes; Seun met Boek (Boy with Book - Portrait of Pieter Marincowitz)
  • Johannes Meintjes; Seun met Boek (Boy with Book - Portrait of Pieter Marincowitz)


Lot Estimate
ZAR 70 000 - 100 000
Location
Johannesburg
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About this Item

South African 1923-1980
Seun met Boek (Boy with Book - Portrait of Pieter Marincowitz)

signed and dated '48; a copy of the Johannes Meintjes diary entry that refers to the painting adhered to the reverse

oil on wood panel
71 by 53cm excluding frame; 87 by 70 by 6cm including frame

Notes

Johannes Meintjes catalogue number JM 219.

The black and white photograph of Pieter Marincowitz and Johannes Meintjes, likely taken by Ann Fischer (1914-1986), dates to around 1947.

Special thanks to Kobus Opperman for assisting with the cataloguing of this lot.

Provenance

Laerskool Sentraal, Bloemfontein.

Exhibited

Oranje-Koffiehuis, Bloemfontein, Johannes Meintjes Exhibition, 30 July to 13 August 1949, catalogue number 21.

Literature

Johannes Meintjes (1948) Dagboek van Johannes Meintjes II, Molteno: Bamboesberg, mentioned in the entry for 4 August 1949 on page 128.

Art Critic PJA (1949) 'The Friend', 11 August.

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