Important South African Art
Live Auction, 7 November 2011
Evening Sale
Lot Estimate
ZAR 80 000 - 120 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 89 120
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About this Item
South African 1849-1925
Mount-aux-Sources, Natal National Park, Drakensberg
signed
oil on canvas
50 by 75,5cm excluding frame
Literature
Nigel Hughes, Views in Colonial Natal, Craighall, 2005, page 48 and 49, illustrated in colour.
"Methven never tired of painting Mont-aux-Sources in all its moods and this is one of several. The mountain is shown during a summer storm with menacing low clouds rolling down into the valley below. In the foreground is the Tugela (Thukela) River in full spate, a churning mass of white water. Methven's sometimes cold Scottish palette is well suited to dramatic Drakensberg storms."
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