Strauss & co - 4 June 2018, Johannesburg

81 99 Rorke’s Drift SOUTH AFRICAN 20TH CENTURY The Children Playing signed with the artist’s initials; woven by Beatrice Zwane; numbered 29-87 and painted with the ‘Tree of Life’symbol on a Rorke’s Drift label on the reverse hand-woven karakul-wool tapestry 135 by 79 cm R40 000 – 60 000 98 Esias Bosch SOUTH AFRICAN 1923–2010 Landscape with Windpump hand-painted ceramic tile with lustre glaze 55 by 55 cm R30 000 – 50 000 Rorke’s Drift was established in 1963 with the help of Swedish missionaries. Local artists were trained in printmaking, ceramics and weaving. Each tapestry is unique, and woven from pure karakul wool, which is handspun and dried. Moving away from geometric patterns, these designs contain more figurative subject matter depicting events or folklore. Each tapestry is typically labelled on the reverse with a number, the artist’s name and the weaver. Atypically, this particular example bears the initials of the artist on the front of the work.