April ART
Timed Online Auction, 11 - 22 April 2025
Impression/Expression
About this Item
signed
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.