Notes

The frame of the present lot was made by Pierneef's friend and fellow artist Zakkie Eloff.

While still an art student at the Witwatersrand Technical College, Zakkie Eloff worked part-time at Gainsborough Galleries and learnt the craft of picture framing. He later set up his own studio and workshop in Silverton, Pretoria, and to supplement his earnings as an artist, he framed works for dealers and artist friends, including Walter Battiss, Alexis Preller, Anna Vorster and Henk Pierneef, who frequently ‘paid’ for the service with a drawing or watercolour painting.

Provenance

Acquired from the artist, when he worked and exhibited in Namibia, by the current owner's grandparents.