Strauss & co - 15 October 2018, Cape Town

225 520 Adolph Jentsch SOUTH AFRICAN 1888-1977 Forest signed with the artist’s initials and dated 1941; signed and inscribed ‘Sudwestafrika No 41-65’ on the front and reverse of the backing mount; further inscribed in German on a Peter and Regina Strack label with accession number 73 adhered to the reverse watercolour on paper 18 by 26cm R  –   PROVENANCE The Late Peter and Regina Strack Collection. EXHIBITED Pretoria Art Museum, Retrospective Exhibition , 1970. Inscribed ‘Geschenk van A Jentsch, 1976, Windhoek’from Peter Strack on a label on the reverse. 521 Adolph Jentsch SOUTH AFRICAN 1888-1977 Forest in Dordabis, Ibenstein, Namibia signed with the artist’s initials and dated 1941; signed, dated and inscribed indistinctly with the title and No. 41-72 on the front of the backing mount and on the reverse of the artwork, inscribed ‘Painting 199: from the Estate of Oskar Tückmantel, acquired – it was a gift to O.T. from A.J, in other words: it was a gift to Oskar Tückmantel from the artist, Adolph Jentsch’ by Peter Strack in German on the backing board; further inscribed in German on a Peter and Regina Strack label with accession number 71 adhered to the reverse watercolour on paper 19 by 26cm R  –   PROVENANCE Mr Oskar Tückmantel. The Late Peter and Regina Strack Collection. Inscribed with the artist’s name and numbered 41 on the reverse. 520 521 PROPERTY OF THE LATE PETER AND REGINA STRACK COLLECTION LOTS 514-533