Strauss & co - 5 March 2018, Cape Town

177 453 Johannes Meintjes SOUTH AFRICAN 1923-1980 Village with Women signed and dated 1963 oil on board 59 by 59cm R  –   PROVENANCE Acquired from the artist at his farmhouse, Grootzeekoegat, by the current owner. LITERATURE Catalogue number JM 800. 454 Johannes Meintjes SOUTH AFRICAN 1923-1980 Ketel met Droeë Takke (Kettle with Dry Branches) signed and dated ‘73 oil on board 49 by 45cm R  –   EXHIBITED Die Kunskamer, Cape Town, 12 to 23 March 1974, catalogue number 11. LITERATURE Catalogue number JM 1140. In a review of Die Kunskamer exhibition in the Cape Argus, 19 March 1974, Eldred Green wrote of this work: “[The] juxtaposition of colours to produce gold is used again in No. 11, Still-Life with Kettle , the gold of the kettle against intense orange and intense red, with a more distant background of purples, violets, blacks and greens, an intense and valid statement about these colours.” 454 453