Strauss & co - 26 - 28 July 2020, Online

182 PROPERTY OF A PRETORIA COLLECTOR 409 Frans Oerder SOUTH AFRICAN 1867–1944 Dahlias in a Vase 1942 signed; inscribed with the artist’s name, the date and the title on a letter adhered to the reverse oil on board 58 by 83,5 cm R80 000 – 100 000 410 MarjorieWallace SOUTH AFRICAN 1925–2005 Kennis van die Aand signed oil on canvas 80 by 99 cm R50 000 – 70 000 Kennis van die Aand references the 1973 novel by Andre P Brink. It tells the story of Josef Malan, a coloured man who kills his white lover, Jessica Thomson, because he sees no future for their relationship under the National Party government’s Immorality Act, which prohibited inter-racial relationships or ‘marriage across the colour bar’. The novel was a landmark in the history of censorship in South Africa, after being banned in 1974. The ban was lifted in 1982 when the English translation of the novel was published and approved by the Publications Control Board, but with an age restriction of 18.