Strauss & co - 6 March 2017, Cape Town

218 501 Anton VAN WOUW SOUTH AFRICAN 1862–1945 The Hammer Worker signed, dated 1911 and inscribed ‘Joh-burg’ bronze height: 61 cm excluding base; base 75,5 cm R  –   LITERATURE cf. Different casts are documented and illustrated in the following: AE Duffey. (2008) Anton van Wouw: The Smaller Works , Pretoria: Pretoria Book House, illustrated on pages 89 to 92 with the tiitle The Hammer Worker . J Ernst. (2006) Anton van Wouw: a Biography , Vanderbijlpark: Corals Publishers, illustrated on page 74 with the title Die Hammerwerker . Hans Fransen. (1982) Three Centuries of South African Art , Johannesburg: AD Donker, illustrated on pages 326 and 327. AE Duffey. (1981) Anton van Wouw 1862–1945 en die Van Wouwhuis , Pretoria: University of Pretoria, illustrated on page 12. ML Du Toit. (1933) Suid-Afrikaanse Kunstenaars: Deel 1, Anton van Wouw , Cape Town: Unknown publisher, illustration plate 13.