Strauss & co - 13 November 2017, Johannesburg

43 32 Sydney Carter SOUTH AFRICAN 1874–1945 East London Docks signed; inscribed with the artist’s name and the title on a Pretoria Art Museum label adhered to the reverse gouache on card 25,5 by 76 cm R10 000 – 15 000 In the early 1930s the Postal Services commissioned a number of South African artists to design murals for the main hall and public concourses of the new Post Office in Jeppe Street, Johannesburg. Sydney Carter submitted this watercolour. It illustrates part of the motto, By road, rail, sea and air that is carved on the façade of the building.