Strauss & co - 20 May 2019, Johannesburg

128 228 Pieter Wenning SOUTH AFRICAN 1873–1921 Near Pretoria (Bishopscote) 1910–1912 signed with the artist’s monogram; inscribed with the title on a label adhered to the reverse oil on panel 25 by 45 cm R200 000 – 300 000 PROVENANCE Mr Phillip Lapin Mrs Esther Lapin (née Franks) Professor Peter E Franks EXHIBITED The Individualists, Second Exhibition , Pretoria, 29 July – 1 August 1912. Accompanied by a conservation report and letter of authenticity by Jan Middeljans, Conservator of Fine Art, National Museum of Cultural History, Pretoria. The painting depicts the house known as Bishop Bousfield House, and later Bishopscote, in Struben Street, Pretoria. At the time the painting was executed, the house was occupied by Bishop Carter. Wenning was often accompanied on painting trips around Pretoria by his friend, JH Pierneef, who also made several sketches, linocuts and paintings of the house. 229 Pieter Wenning SOUTH AFRICAN 1873–1921 Blue Gums, Pretoria signed; signed and inscribed with the title on the reverse oil on canvas 34,5 by 29,5 cm R220 000 – 260 000 PROVENANCE Sotheby Parke Bernet, Johannesburg, 19 April 1977, Lot 40 Strauss & Co, Cape Town, 3 March 2011, Lot 211. EXHIBITED South African National Gallery, Cape Town, Pretoria Art Gallery, and William Humphreys Art Gallery, Kimberley, Commemorative Exhibition , 1967, cat. no. 4b.