Fanie Eloff
Bust of Willie Grobler
Lot Estimate
ZAR 90 000 - 120 000
Location
Cape Town
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South African 1885-1947
Bust of Willie Grobler
signed
bronze with a green and brown patina, on a marble base
height: 29cm excluding base, 45cm including base; width: 19,5cm; depth: 22cm
Notes
Willie Grobler was a cousin and close friend of the artist, and the model for Eloff's Faun sculptures. He was the son of Piet Grobler, Minister of Lands, 1926.
Literature
Gerard de Kamper and Chris de Klerk ( 2011) Sculptured: The Complete Works of Fanie Eloff, Pretoria: The Department of UP Arts, University of Pretoria, the plaster of Paris cast of this work, 1942, is illustrated as figure 32 on page 45.
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