Strauss & co - 1 November 2010, Johannesburg

73 153 Frans David Oerder south african 1867 – 1944 Frederik Jacobus Bezuidenhout’s Farm, Bezuidenhout Valley signed oil on canvas 48,5 by 95 cm R250 000 – 400 000 Executed circa 1898. On 20 September 1861, Frederik Jacobus Bezuidenhout purchased this farm from the widow of the original owner, B.P. Viljoen, and gave his name to the area. Now a large residential suburb of Johannesburg it lies between the long hill known as Observatory on the north and the Kensington ridge on the south. The homestead with its row of walnut trees was at the foot of the valley near Gillooley’s Farm.