Strauss & co - 10 November 2014, Johannesburg

194 238 Anton VAN WOUW south african 1862–1945 Bust of Koen signed, executed circa 1926 bronze, mounted on a wooden base height: 32,5 cm, including base R80 000–120 000 literature Duffey, A.E. (2008) Anton van Wouw: The Smaller Works , Pretoria: Protea Book House. Another cast from the edition illustrated on page 136. notes This small sculpture is a portrait of K. (Koen) W. Roora. ‘In a telephone interview with Mr Koen Roora in 1983, he mentioned that his father had been a friend of Van Wouw in Doornfontein and that he had posed for this small sculpture in 1926. He also added that three castings had been made from the plaster. There are only three castings of this bust. The Vignali foundry in Pretoria North, on the instructions from the firm Sheppard & Barker, cast them all locally.’ Duffey, A.E. (2008) Anton van Wouw: The Smaller Works , Pretoria: Protea Book House. Page 136.