Strauss & co - 15 October 2018, Cape Town

265 554 Jacob Hendrik Pierneef SOUTH AFRICAN 1886-1957 Thorn Trees in Mountain Landscape at Dusk signed casein on artist’s board 21 by 28,5cm R  –   PROVENANCE Purchased by the current owner’s grandparents directly from the artist’s studio in Pretoria in the early 1930s. LITERATURE cf. Wilhelm van Rensburg ed (2015). A Space for Landscape: The Work of JH Pierneef , Johannesburg: Standard Bank. A similar example illustrated in colour on page 111.