Strauss & co - 14 March 2016, Cape Town

494 George Mnyaluza Milwa PEMBA SOUTH AFRICAN 1 912-2001 Ethelreda Lewis signed and dated 83 oil on board 54 by 39cm R80 000–120 000 PROVENANCE Commissioned by Tim Couzens Ethelreda Lewis, English-born but married to a South African, was a minor novelist with scant success until one day in 1925 an old tramp arrived on her doorstep at 26 Loch Avenue, Parktown, Johannesburg. She was so intrigued by his way of speaking and lively turn of phrase that she took down his memories in three volumes. The first volume was a world bestseller and was made into a famous Hollywood movie, called ‘Trader Horn’, in 1931. She wrote a couple of novels after the Trader Horn books under a pseudonym, because she wanted them approached for their quality, not her fame. She died in 1946. © The George Pemba Trust | DALRO 241