Adolph Jentsch
Candelaber Aloe, der Namib (Candelabra Tree, the Namib)
LOT 164
Adolph Jentsch
Candelaber Aloe, der Namib (Candelabra Tree, the Namib)
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ZAR 10 000 - 15 000
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Johannesburg
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About this Item
German/Namibian 1888-1977
Candelaber Aloe, der Namib (Candelabra Tree, the Namib)
1939
signed with the artist's initials and dated, signed, dated and inscribed with the title in pencil on the mount
watercolour on paper
19 by 27cm excluding frame; 33,5 by 42 by 3cm including frame
Notes
Jentsch visited the original owner's Karakul sheep farm, Dreylingen, in the Bethanie district of then South West Africa (now Namibia). While inscribed with the title Candelaber Aloe, this picture features kokerbome, or quiver trees, indigenous in southern Africa used for quiver arrows and to store food in hollowed branches.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist, thence by descent.
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