Strauss & co - 26 September 2011, Cape Town

85 165 Jacob Hendrik PIERNEEF SOUTH AFRICAN 1886–1957 Houses by a Canal, Amsterdam signed in pencil in the margin linocut 13 by 17,5cm R10 000 – 15 000 164 Maria Magdalena LAUBSER SOUTH AFRICAN 1886–1973 Windmill signed in pencil in the margin woodcut 12,5 by 17,5cm R10 000 – 12 000 LITERATURE Dalene Marais, Maggie Laubser: her paintings, drawings and graphics, Perskor, Johannesburg, 1994, page 173, catalogue number 459 166 Jacob Hendrik PIERNEEF SOUTH AFRICAN 1886–1957 Hoenderhok, Meerlust (Nilant 3) signed in pencil in the margin woodcut image size: 27 by 26cm R18 000 – 24 000 A drawing of the same subject is in the State Archives, Pretoria, no A941- 1682 LITERATURE Stephan Welz, Art at Auction in South Africa 1969-1989, AD Donker, Johannesburg, 1989, page 196, illustrated Margaret Vorster, Jacob Hendrik Pierneef (1886-1957) as Printmaker, 1986, page 13, catalogue number 15 Dated 1932 by Schweikerdt This image was selected for the cover of the brochure for the Architectural Section of the Empire Exhibition, held for the first time in South Africa in 1936. It was opened by the Governor General, Lord Clarendon, and brought together people, objects and ideas from across South Africa and the British Empire. Johannesburg was chosen as the host city as 1936 marked the celebration of its Golden Jubilee. 164 165 166