April ART

Timed Online Auction, 11 - 22 April 2025

Impression/Expression
  • Fanie Eloff; Study for President Steyn
  • Fanie Eloff; Study for President Steyn
  • Fanie Eloff; Study for President Steyn


Lot Estimate
ZAR 15 000 - 20 000

About this Item

South African 1885-1947
Study for President Steyn

signed

painted terracotta
height: 28cm; width: 21cm; depth: 21cm

Notes

Marthinus Theunis Steyn (1857-1916) was the last President of the Orange Free State from 1896 to 1902. Eloff visted Steyn on his farm, Onze Rust where he sculpted him. The bust done in eight versions with small differences in terracotta. One was cast in bronze during his lifetime in France and two others posthumously.

- Gerard de Kamper and Chris de Klerk

Literature

Gerard de Kamper and Christ de Klerk ( 2011) Sculptured: The Complete Works of Fanie Eloff, Pretoria: The Department of UP Arts, University of Pretoria, a similar work illustrated on page 25.

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