Strauss & co - 13 November 2017, Johannesburg

227 309 Moses Tladi SOUTH AFRICAN 1903–1959 Near the Mill – Kroonstad (OFS) signed: inscribed with artist’s name and the title on an Iziko South African National Gallery label adhered to the reverse oil on canvas laid down on board 35 by 50 cm R70 000 – 100 000 EXHIBITED Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, Moses Tladi Unearthed , 24 September 2015 – 14 March 2016. Wits Art Museum, Johannesburg, Moses Tladi Unearthed , 15 March 2017 – 16 July 2017. LITERATURE Angela Read Lloyd (2009). The Artist in the Garden: The Quest for Moses Tladi , Print Matters: Noordhoek. Illustrated in colour on page 201. more familiar contemporaries, it is remarkable that his work is not better known or celebrated. Admittedly, as the lion’s share of Tladi’s forty-odd works has remained in his family’s hands, the rarity of his pictures has played a role. In fact, Near the Mill – Kroonstad (OFS) and Two Hillocks , the two examples offered here, are the first of the artist’s works to appear at auction. Tladi served his country during the Second World War, and was based at an army supply depot in Kroonstad. Near the Mill – Kroonstad (OFS) , which was certainly painted during this time, is thus particularly significant. continued from page 226