Strauss & co - 8 October 2012, Cape Town

203 574 Louis Khehla MAQHUBELA SOUTH AFRICAN 1939 Abstract Composition with a Figure signed and dated 72 mixed media on paper 54,5 by 57,5cm R10 000 – 15 000 575 Johannes Petrus MEINTJES SOUTH AFRICAN 1923-1980 Aandreën in Kaapstad signed and dated ‘43 oil on board 37 by 41,5cm R30 000 – 40 000 PROVENANCE The Collection of Gerrit Bakker in whose bookshop Meintjes assisted in Johannesburg, after completion of his studies. Aandreën in Kaapstad is the only Meintjes painting ever owned by Gerrit Bakker LITERATURE Johannes Meintjes, Dagboek 1, 26 May 1943, page 51 Executed a week after he turned twenty, this painting is one of Meintjes’ very first oils Johannes Meintjes, Dagboek I, 26 May 1943, page 51: “Ek voel nuwe kragte in my opstoot. Die lus vir werk neem daagliks toe. Vanmiddag het ek aan drie skilderye gewerk. Een is ‘n reëntoneel ( Aandreën in Kaapstad ) waaraan ek al weke lank werk. Daar is geen groter vreugde as om te kan skilder nie.” “I feel new powers rising in me. The desire for work increases daily. This afternoon I worked on three paintings. One is a rain scene ( Evening Rain in Cape Town ) on which I have been working on for weeks. There is no greater joy than to paint.” 574 575