Anton van Wouw
Mealiepap Eater
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 300 000 - 400 000
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ZAR 462 100
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About this Item
South African 1862-1945
Mealiepap Eater
signed and inscribed 'SA Joh-burg'
bronze with a brown patina, on a wooden base; cast by the Massa foundry, Rome
height: 14,5cm excluding base, 17cm including base; width: 26,5cm; depth: 22cm
Notes
A casting of The Mieliepap Eater was a treasured possession of Pieter Wenning and his family. Wenning, a Hollander and Pretorian like Anton van Wouw, ordered a casting of the small-scale bronze for his ill wife, Johanna, who had returned to Holland in 1913 for medical treatment. The sculpture was delivered to her in The Hague in March 1914 – sent directly from the foundry in Rome – and was safely stowed in her luggage when she returned to Pretoria.
Thanks to Gerard de Kamper for his help with cataloguing this lot.
Literature
AE Duffey (2008) Anton van Wouw: The Smaller Works, Pretoria: Pretoria Book House, another cast from the edition illustrated in black and white on pages 71 and 72.
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