Strauss & co - 16 March 2015, Cape Town

634 Johannes Petrus MEINTJES south african 1 923-1980 Guitarist on the Beach signed and dated 1956 oil on board 56 by 75cm R400 000–600 000 exhibited Lidchi Art Gallery, Johannesburg, 16 to 27 July 1957, catalogue number 13 Heidelberg City Council’s Art Hall (Heidelberg Cultural Society), 14 to 17 October 1957 DS Vorster Gallery, Pretoria (Southern African Association of Arts Transvaal), 18 February to 1 March 1958, catalogue number 30 SA Association of Arts, Cape Town, 18 to 29 August 1959, catalogue number 9 literature The Star , 20 July 1957 Die Burger, 26 August 1958 Johannes Meintjes catalogue number 540 right : Johannes Meintjes and his sister, Mrs MR Keyser, at the opening of his exhibition at the Lidchi Gallery with the present lot, Guitarist on the Beach , in the background. The Star , 20 July 1957 289