Strauss & co - 20 May 2019, Johannesburg

149 257 Jacob Hendrik Pierneef SOUTH AFRICAN 1886–1957 Rustenburg signed, dated 1914 and inscribed with the title pastel and charcoal on card 32,4 by 42,5 cm R250 000 – 350 000 PROVENANCE Bought by the current owner’s father at a Lezard & Co auction, Pretoria, 1959. Shortly after Pierneef’s death in 1957, Emil Schweickerdt held an exhibition of the artist’s last works at his gallery and framing shop in Pretoria. The present lot, Rustenburg, was included at the request of Pierneef’s widow, May. 1 1. JL Pretorius (1983) Kunshandel in Johannesburg en Pretoria met Besondere Verwysing na E Schweikerdt (Edms) Bpk , University of Pretoria, unpublished Master’s dissertation.