Strauss & co - 9 March 2009, Johannesburg

55 52 Jean Max FriedrichWelz south african 1900-1975 Still Life with Three Vessels and Checked Tablecloth signed and dated 45; signed inscribed with the title and ‘Worcester, Cape’on the reverse oil on wood panel 58 by 47 cm R700 000–900 000 PROVENANCE The Late Everard Read EXHIBITED Jean Welz Retrospective Exhibition, South African National Gallery, Cape Town, Johannesburg Art Gallery, 1970, catalogue number 8 (illustrated) Hugo Naudé House, Worcester, December 1983-January 1984, catalogue number 80 Jean Welz Memorial Exhibition 1977 Pieter Wenning Gallery in association with The Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, November 1977 LITERATURE Dr Elza Miles, The World of Jean Welz, Rembrandt van Rijn Foundation , Fernwood Press, Vlaeberg, 1997, illustrated in full colour on page 57