Strauss & co - 7 October 2019, Cape Town

141 506 Johannes Meintjes SOUTH AFRICAN 1923-1980 Meisie met Bruin Hare (Girl with Brown Hair) signed and dated ‘76; inscribed with the artist’s name, date and title on the reverse oil on board 31 by 28cm R50 000 - 70 000 PROVENANCE Mr John Rothman, a close friend of Johannes Meintjes, thence by descent. LITERATURE JM catalogue number 1220. 507 Johannes Meintjes SOUTH AFRICAN 1923-1980 Girl in Red (Portrait of Ernestine Meintjes, the artist’s sister) 1947 signed oil on panel 33,5 by 32,5cm R70 000 - 90 000 PROVENANCE Miss Sheugnet Hugo, Bloemfontein. Private Collection. EXHIBITED Sonop, Bloemfontein, February 1953. Gainsborough Gallery, Johannesburg, Johannes Meintjes (Solo Exhibition) , 11 to 24 August 1953. LITERATURE The Friend Bloemfontein , 14 February 1953, illustrated. The Rand Daily Mail , 11 August 1953, illustrated. JM catalogue number 166. Johannes Meintjes with the present lot as illustrated in The Friend Bloemfontein , 14 February 1953.