Frederick Timpson I'Ons
The Old Oyster Man at the Kowie
LOT 249
Frederick Timpson I'Ons
The Old Oyster Man at the Kowie
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 50 000 - 70 000
Auction Catalogue
About this Item
South African 1802-1887
The Old Oyster Man at the Kowie
signed, the reverse stamped with Eric, the artist's name and 1877
oil on card laid down on board
40 by 34cm, oval
Provenance
GL Galpin
EW Galpin
WH Galpin
Exhibited
King George VI Art Gallery, Port Elizabeth, 1990, Frederick I'Ons Retrospective Exhibition, cat no 53
Literature
JJ Redgrave & Edna Bradlow, Frederick I'Ons, Artist, Cape Town, 1958, illustrated plate 8.
Notes
The old oyster man was a Portuguese half-caste who lived in a shack on the beach at the Kowie.
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