Inaugural Auction
Live Auction, 9 March 2009
Session One
Lot Estimate
ZAR 300 000 - 400 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 389 900
About this Item
South African 1862-1945
The Mealie-Pap Eater
signed and inscribed "S.A. Joh-burg" and "Fonderia Nissini Roma," executed in 1907
bronze with rich brown patina
height: 14,5cm
Literature
M.L. Du Toit, Suid Afrikaanse Kunstenaars, Deel 1, Anton van Wouw, Cape Town, 1933, no.14 (illustration of another cast) [A.E. Duffey], Anton van Wouw 1862-1945 en die van Wouwhuis, University of Pretoria, 1981, page 45 (illustration of another cast.) A.E. Duffey, Anton van Wouw, the smaller works, Pretoria 2008 page 71 (illustration of another cast)Other lots that might interest you
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