Strauss & co - 1 November 2010, Johannesburg

110 182 Anton vanWouw south african 1862 – 1945 Laughing Basuto signed, dated 1936, inscribed ‘Joh-n’and bears the foundry mark ‘G. Massa. Rome’ bronze with deep brown patina and white enamelled eyes and teeth 31,3 by 26 by 20,5cm mounted on a wooden base 5,5 by 27 by 28,5 cm R500 000 – 700 000 provenance Volks Auctioneers Sales Company in association with E Schweickerdt, Pretoria, 27 October 1972, lot 3, illustrated. literature A.E. Duffey, Anton van Wouw, The Smaller Works , Pretoria, 2008, illustrated on page 74 (illustration of another cast). Two views of Lot 182