Strauss & co - 20 May 2013, Johannesburg

43 71 Welcome Mandla KOBOKA south african 1941–1999 Road Worker signed and dated 90 oil on board 45 by 29,5 cm R8 000–12 000 72 Anton VAN WOUW south african 1862–1945 Miner with Hand-drill, maquette cast with the artist’s initials, numbered 2/12 and stamped with the Morris Singer, London foundry mark bronze height: 27 cm, excluding base; mounted on a marble base R60 000–90 000 notes The original plaster of Paris model of this work was acquired from the artist by Mrs S. Dowling in 1928. On 31 October 1975 it was offered at auction by Sotheby Parke Bernet South Africa, in Johannesburg (lot 81) where it was acquired by Mr Morris Cohen. In 1982, Mr Cohen was granted permission by the University of Pretoria, the copyright holders of Van Wouw’s work, to have 12 bronze casts made of which this is one. cf. Duffey, A.E. Anton van Wouw: The Smaller Works. Protea Book House, Pretoria, 2008, another cast from the edition illustrated on page 92 72