Strauss & co - 15 October 2018, Cape Town

224 518 Adolph Jentsch SOUTH AFRICAN 1888-1977 Trees signed with the artist’s initials and dated 1968; signed and inscribed with the artist’s address and No. 68-16 on the reverse of the artwork, further inscribed in German on two Peter and Regina Strack labels with accession number 87 and collection number 31 adhered to the reverse watercolour and fibre-tip pen on paper 38,5 by 61cm R  –   PROVENANCE The Late Peter and Regina Strack Collection. 519 Adolph Jentsch SOUTH AFRICAN 1888-1977 Arid Landscape with Trees signed with the artist’s initials and dated 1960; further inscribed on two Peter and Regina Strack labels with accession number 52 and further inscribed ‘Gift from Mrs von Funcke to Peter Strack, from the estate of Adolph Jentsch’ in German adhered to the reverse watercolour on paper 18 by 23,5cm R  –   PROVENANCE Mrs Dorothee Von Funcke. The Late Peter and Regina Strack Collection. Sadly, in 1975 a fire destroyed the von Funcke’s farm where a large number of Jentsch’s paintings were stored, resulting in the loss of much of Jentsch’s oeuvre from around 40 years. This work was recovered from the fire. 518 519 PROPERTY OF THE LATE PETER AND REGINA STRACK COLLECTION LOTS 514-533