Strauss & co - 15 October 2018, Cape Town

254 545 Jacob Hendrik Pierneef SOUTH AFRICAN 1886-1957 Wilgerbome signed and dated 1914; inscribed ‘Green Sky with Brown Willows’on a label adhered to the reverse pastel on paper laid down on board 48 by 67,5cm R  –   LITERATURE PG Nel (1990). JH Pierneef: His life and his work , Johannesburg: Perskor. Illustrated in colour on page 16. “According to Dr van Blerk this painting was regarded in 1914 as the most modern artwork in South Africa”. PG Nel, ibid , page 16.