Landelike Minnaars (Rural Lovers) (JM 377)
Johannes Meintjes
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 50 000 - 70 000
About this Item
South African 1923-1980
Landelike Minnaars (Rural Lovers) (JM 377)
c.1952
signed
oil on board
56 by 42,5cm excluding frame; 125 by 66,5 by 6cm including frame
Notes
Framed with the original invoice from the artist, along with a letter from the artist addressed to the buyer, dated 30 October 1963.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by Bill Smuts, Cape Town and thence by descent.
Stephan Welz & Co, Johannesburg, 27 November 2018, lot 329.
Private collection.
Exhibited
The Southern African Association of Arts, Van Schaik’s Gallery, 13 to 23 April 1955, Cat. No. 2.
Literature
Johannes Meintjes (1975) Die Dagboek van Johannes Meintjes: Deel III: 1951- 1955, Molteno: Bamboesberg Uitgawers, illustrated in black and white on page 84 and catalogued on page 202.
Pretoria News, Friday, 15 April 1955.
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