Strauss & co - 12 November 2018, Johannesburg

19 15 Anton vanWouw SOUTH AFRICAN 1862–1945 Miner with Hand-drill, maquette signed, numbered 11/12 and stamped with the Singer foundry mark bronze with brown patina on granite base height: 27 cm excluding base R50 000 – 70 000 The original plaster of Paris model of this work was acquired from the artist by Mrs S. Dowling in 1928. On 31 October 1975 it was offered at auction by Sotheby Parke Bernet South Africa, in Johannesburg (lot 81) where it was acquired by Mr Morris Cohen. In 1982, Mr Cohen was granted permission by the University of Pretoria, the copyright holders of Van Wouw’s work, to have 12 bronze casts made of which this is one. cf. Duffey, AE (2008) Anton van Wouw: The Smaller Works, Pretoria: Protea Book House, another cast from the edition is illustrated on page 92.